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Women, Caucasians, Hispanics: The Changing Face of StreetWise

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Homelessness, Underemployment, Unemployment, StreetWise Newspaer, Greg Pritchett, Streetwise, Germania Toala, Streetwise Chicago, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

A lot has changed in the last year at StreetWise. Underemployment and population demographic shifts are literally hitting the streets.

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StreetWise Lives On As Donations Pour In

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Streetwise, Chicago Homeless, Streetwise Funding, Streetwise Donations, Streetwise Chicago, Chicago News

UPDATED The scramble to save StreetWise, the weekly Chicago magazine that employs homeless people as vendors, appears to have succeeded, the Chicago ...

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Community Scrambles to Save StreetWise

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Manny Flores, Streetwise, Bruce Crane, Streetwise Chicago, Jim Mabie, Danny Davis, Streetwise Donations, Non-Profits, Kay Mabie, Chicago News

Less than two days after learning of the dire financial straits of StreetWise, the Chicago-based non-profit magazine that employs homeless people, Chi...

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StreetWise, Publication Sold By Homeless, May Have To Fold

Associated Press | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Homeless Newspaper, Stretwise Chicago, Streetwise, Economy, Bruce Crane, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

The future of StreetWise, a weekly sold on the streets of Chicago by the homeless, is in question. Officials of the nonprofit StreetWise Inc., said T...

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Of No Fixed Address: A Christmas To Remember

Christopher Devine | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Drug Addiction, Streetwise, Homelessness, Crack Cocaine, Chicago Homeless, Drugs, Crack, Old Town Chicago, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

This is the seventh in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Of No Fixed Address: A Real Job

Christopher Devine | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Poverty, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Chicago Homeless, Ptsd, Oral History, Streetwise, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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