Opinion
OpinionBy Ashley McKinley November 10, 2014
The Cause of Poverty?
Poverty is the lack of material possession or money and the deprivation of basic human needs such as food, water,…
OpinionBy Angie Whitehurst November 7, 2014
Don’t You Get It?
It is cheaper, healthier and safer to: 1. Keep people off the streets 2. Subsidize or pre-pay rents 3. Ensure…
OpinionBy Reginald Black November 5, 2014
The Changing of the Guard
By the time you read this article, the results of the Nov. 4 election will be in. But the serious…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil November 5, 2014
To Thine Own Self Be True
I believe one of the great detriments to African Americans is the unwillingness to hear a raw and honest assessment…
OpinionBy Terry Nicholetti November 5, 2014
How Do They Do it, Day After Day?
I made a decision last spring to give up my apartment and begin house/kitty-sitting to minimize my expenses while I…
OpinionBy Angie Whitehurst / Chon Gotti / Henrieese Roberts / James Davis / Sasha Williams October 22, 2014
The Disrespectful Donkey
Street Sense vendors respond to a column by blogger Eric Assadourian who suggested that they would be better off policing…
ArtBy Charles Davis October 22, 2014
The Path
My first path started with Street Sense when my friend Andre Brinson introduced me to the paper. Since I got…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil October 22, 2014
Up You Mighty Race
Inequality and black poverty have been linked together so long that it’s hard to distinguish what is fiction and what…
OpinionBy Robert Williams October 22, 2014
Perception or Reality: Control
People have the tendency to think that when they are allowed to get away with something continuously, that a person…
OpinionBy Brian Carome October 22, 2014
Blogger Misinformed About Street Newspapers
Executive Director Brian Carome responds to criticism of street papers.
OpinionBy Henrieese Roberts October 8, 2014
We Need 24-hour Shelters
My Aunt Hazel would sometimes allow a homeless person to sleep in with us for a night or two. Three…
OpinionBy Ashley McKinley October 8, 2014
A Changed Life
When I first began selling Street Sense outside a particular yoga studio, I had no direction in life. I was…
OpinionBy August Mallory October 8, 2014
The Destitute People of Washington State
As I live in the city of Seattle and travel throughout Washington State, I often ask myself, why is there…
OpinionBy Veda Simpson October 8, 2014
What Street Sense Means to Me
It gave me a new sense of direction. My customers gave me all their love and affection. Now my voice…
OpinionBy Marie-Laetitia Vidor October 8, 2014
Ivory – Get it Production
I had just arrived for my first day as an editorial intern at Street Sense when I heard the hoarse,…
ArtBy Robert Warren October 8, 2014
Street Sense
For Street Sense I write for food. For the thoughts of what one feels is right, For those who haven’t…
OpinionBy Chon Gotti October 8, 2014
Sister
I was talking to a customer the other day and she asked me why I use the word ‘sister’. She…
OpinionBy Sasha Williams October 8, 2014
A School Day
I was in history class in high school and I thought it was a movie day so my teacher pulled…
NewsBy Jackie Turner October 8, 2014
Ebola
People are very afraid that the Ebola virus will spread. Now it is in Liberia, in the poorest part of…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil October 8, 2014
A Struggle with Conservatism
I never been comfortable being called conservative. I find myself struggling with my conservatism secretly; not telling anyone that I…
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