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  1. Housing equals opportunity equals real success

    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

  2. Coming home—the horror young soldiers endure on our modern battlefields

    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

  3. Solidarity in city salaries: Seattle’s new council member ponies up her own paycheck toward the $15 minimum-wage movement

    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

  4. Crowd Control: Journalist Alan Weisman talks about the need to curb the global population

    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

  5. A good read

    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

  6. The straight dope on California’s marijuana mecca

    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

  7. The nun, the murderer and the Oscar-winning film

    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

  8. Age of Inocente

    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

  9. On holiday

    Former economics correspondent Elizabeth Becker looks at the impact of our roving hearts Politically conscious Americans have an ambivalent relationship to tourism. On the one hand, many of us love to travel to foreign countries — if we can afford it. We ...

    27 Aug 2013 - Mike Wold

  10. Tweets from the streets

    Media guru Mark Horvath lost his home and lived on the streets. Now he encourages homeless people to use social media to share their stories Mark Horvath’s energy is contagious. The fast-talking social media expert and founder of InvisiblePeople.tv recent ...

    31 Jul 2013 - Alex Becker

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