Inocente gained fame in the Oscar-winning documentary “Inocente,” which shows her pursuing her dream to be an artist. Her paintings exhibit a sense of whimsy, and sometimes, her face is the canvas. As a homeless teen, Inocente dreamed of a better life. Bu ...
9 Oct 2013 - Rosette Royale
Sister Helen Prejean became famous with her book, Dead Man Walking, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. But her mission to end the death penalty remains her starring role. Elmo Patrick Sonnier committed two heinous crimes. On Nov. 5, 1977, Patrick ...
6 Nov 2013 - Rosette Royale
Now more than ever before, marijuana is becoming mainstream in America. Though it is still a Schedule I substance, considered as dangerous as cocaine and methamphetamine, recent state legalizations in Washington and Colorado mark the sea change that could ...
9 Nov 2013 - Maggie Taranawa
Books to ponder and pore over this holiday season — and beyond Do you think you know your own mind? Do you imagine yourself able to make decisions and interact with others in a fair and balanced manner, unfettered by personal bias? Think again. Authors Ma ...
19 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
On Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. PST, the global population was 7.12 billion people, and our population keeps growing. Every four-and-a-half days, one million more children are born. UN officials predict that by 2100, there may be 10.9 billion of us. That would be wo ...
14 Jan 2014 - Rosette Royale
Kshama Sawant took her oath of office Jan. 6 in front of hundreds at Seattle City Hall. She plans to take home an “average worker’s wage” and donate the rest of her $120,000 annual salary to a campaign to create a $15-an-hour minimum wage and other social ...
22 Jan 2014 - Aaron Burkhalter
Every war has its after-war,” writes David Finkel, “depression, anxiety, nightmares, memory problems, personality changes, suicidal thoughts.” In the recent “ Thank You for Your Service ” and 2009’s “ The Good Soldiers,” Finkel shows us what he means by p ...
15 Feb 2014 - Jim Douglas
A good friend of mine told me last week that he had read that Utah is ending homelessness. He read it all over the Internet. Oh boy, I thought to myself. After reading more and talking to advocates around the country, it was clear that the public was bein ...
28 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld, author of “ What Unions No Longer Do,” describes union decline as if he were a building inspector describing the key weaknesses in an aging building where unions are a failing structural element. In sharp contrast, Steve Early’ ...
14 May 2014 - Mike Wold
Can we change? Can civilization mount an adequate response to human-caused global warming and climate change? Do we still have time? These questions sometimes lurk in the background and sometimes hit us in the face in “ Climate Changed,” a groundbreaking ...
3 Jun 2014 - Tom Watson