What vendors eat in Oklahoma City
By Nathan Poppe on Helping readers get to know our vendors is a big motivator for putting together street papers. For this story, Oklahoma
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A look inside a women’s shelter in Nuremberg, Germany
By Alisa Müller on In the small kitchen next to the wall is a square, plastic-topped table with a bunch of red and white roses. A pack of cocoa, one of noodles, and some fruit, are on the wooden shelves. It looks like a perfectly normal flat-share apart from one thing: there’s a sticker with ‘Room 9’ on the edge of the shelf on the left and ‘Room 10’ on the edge of the one on the right.
Tokuchika Nishi: Dancer and street vendor in Tokyo
By Mariko Kazuki on Tokukicha Nishi, 39, has a purposeful gaze and long hair that he has been growing out since his beloved cat passed away. He became a Big Issue Japan vendor in July 2017. Monday through Friday, Mr. Nishi sells papers from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in front of the ‘Konaka The Flag’ store, near JR Shimbashi Station’s Ginza Exit and from 8 to 10pm in front of the bus terminal at JR Shinjuku Station’s South Exit.
Last rights for the unhoused in Canada
By Simon Cheung on Eventually, JP sat down on a chair, anaemic and lopsided. She was dying—had been for a while now. She was gripped by intense pain, but wouldn’t allow the nearby palliative team to touch her. JP’s neglected breast cancer had manifested into a festering tumor, dripping fetid discharge.
A love story between two Serbian street vendors
By Dragana Nikoletić on Bojana Ivanov Ljubomirov and Petar Jugovic are emotional-business partners, as they call themselves, and they complement each other perfectly. When it comes to selling Liceulice, Bojana is responsible for marketing and Petar takes care of the accounting. They say that they are progressing and gaining confidence through their work.
In Dialogue with Rick Paulas
By Alastair Boone on In July, Rick Paulas generously donated hundreds of copies of his book, Eastern Span, for Street Spirit vendors to sell
International issue
By Alastair Boone on I never thought my work with Street Spirit would bring me to Hannover, Germany. But this summer, it did.
How I Got Inside
By Andy Pope on When I was homeless in the San Francisco Bay Area, I relied to a large degree on the moral support of lifelong friends and family who were not. For one reason or another, it was not feasible for any of them to let me stay in their homes for any substantial length of time.
Domongoe Scott: writer, musician, mentor
By Lulu Orozco on Domongoe Scott wants to lead by a good example. At 44 years old, the Oakland native believes there is no better opportunity than the present to change the direction in one’s life.
Against Building Housing on People’s Park
By Julia Vinograd on There isn’t room There’s already 3 or 4 roommates
knocking elbows inside each tulip
and arguing whose turn it is
An ode to the ghosts of People’s Park
By Terry Messman on The ghosts of People’s Park still haunt us today, 50 years after the police and National Guard met unarmed demonstrators with overwhelming firepower. Restless spirits still demand to be heard, and seem to speak with special power in the springtime, bringing to mind the spring of 1969 when the Park was created. It was the very springtime of our generation’s struggles for peace and justice.
Harold Adler captures the spirit of early People’s Park
By Alastair Boone on Harold Adler has photographed all kinds of characters. Throughout the 1960’s and 70’s, he documented Telegraph Avenue hippies and gangs