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    Nasim Eshqi: “The voice of free women will always be written in the mountains”

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      Street paper news service bolstered by professional memberships

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        Sacramento encampment residents thought they’d found stability. Why did their lease fall apart?

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          25 square metres of freedom: inside Germany’s micro-apartments

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          INSP's CEO and archivist at GCU

            Charity delivers world's largest archive of street newspapers to Glasgow Caledonian

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              Meet Ruth, The Big Issue Australia vendor in Adelaide

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                Homeless on the doorstep of EU

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                  “Pictures are my soul”: inside the Academy of the Street

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                    Alamosa’s sanctioned camp takes care of its people

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                      Apropos vendors Monica and Daniel: “We’re doing well because we can help back home”

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                        We can no longer afford the rich

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                          Workplace discrimination leads to exploitation of Serbian women in Germany

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                          a man in a grey t-shirt standing in foront of a rack of magazines

                            Meet Faktum vendor Lisandro

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                              Surgery on the street

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                                How the “benefits cliff” traps people in poverty

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                                Brian (left) and Callum (right) of the Slanj Kilts team posing with a table of homeless tartan products

                                  Brian Halley: Designing the homeless tartan

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                                    Romy St John: Changing the narrative in literature

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                                    Judi Alston giving a speech at the 'Changing the narrative on homelessness and poverty' event in Glasgow

                                      Judi Alston on breaking down barriers with technology

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                                      Changing the narrative, INSP's event at the Clayton Hotel

                                        INSP turns 30

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                                        Changing the narrative on homelessness & poverty - an event in Glasgow on 28 November

                                          INSP to host 'Changing the narrative on homelessness' event in Glasgow

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                                          INSP Awards 2024

                                            INSP Awards 2024: shortlists and winners

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                                              INSP Awards 2024- Best Cover

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                                                Global Street Paper Summit confirmed for Liverpool in 2024

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                                                  A good life for all: Accessing welfare with an LGBTQ+ identity

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                                                  Global Forum for Media Development

                                                    INSP joins the Global Forum for Media Development

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                                                    Apropos vendor Edi Binder

                                                      Edi Binder on growing up in the shadow of war

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                                                      Exhibition on street papers in Bern, Switzerland

                                                        How do you create an exhibition about street papers?

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                                                        New psychologists stand together

                                                          Entrant psychologists help people experiencing homelessness in Hungary

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                                                          Two people lie together in sleeping bags in the snow

                                                            Sexuality and homelessness in Montreal, Canada

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                                                            Picture of Helen Cruz who has been repeatedly fined for sleeping in Grants Pass

                                                              Grants Pass v. Johnson homelessness case to go before US Supreme Court

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                                                              AOTY Portraits – Australian of the Year Awards 2024 – Salty Dingo 2024

                                                                Yalmay Yunupinu: “We must have our land, language and culture”

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                                                                Stefan Gogov by Anja Mihić

                                                                  Meet Liceulice vendor Stefan Gogov

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                                                                  Jarkko “Jake” Jalonen defies the cold weather, checks the pictures on his phone

                                                                    How Finland succeeded in reducing homelessness

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                                                                      Arts & Homelessness International Award winners announced

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                                                                      Mirjam Leitner surrounded by the Apropos choir. Photo credit: Norbert Kopf

                                                                        Apropos editor Michaela Gründler: “I take all voices into account”

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                                                                        Big Issue Taiwan

                                                                          Meet Kang Chiu-yen, Big Issue Taiwan vendor at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Taipei Bridge Station

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                                                                          UK Poverty 2024 /Joseph Rowntree Foundation

                                                                            INSP responds to UK Poverty report

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                                                                            AI generated picture shows the future of journalism in 2024 with a young man working on a home computer showing human elements.

                                                                              Journalism in the year 2024

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                                                                              Picture of Museum of Liverpool, where the Global Street Paper Summit will be held

                                                                                Global Street Paper Summit confirmed for Liverpool in 2024

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                                                                                Meet Traços vendor Thifany Branco

                                                                                  Meet Traços vendor Thifany Branco

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                                                                                  The never-ending story of Faktum vendor Bertil Schöneman

                                                                                    The never-ending story of Faktum vendor Bertil Schöneman

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                                                                                    “I’m not a beggar, I’m a trader”

                                                                                      “I’m not a beggar, I’m a trader”: 30 years of BISS

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                                                                                      Journalism is not a crime

                                                                                        'Journalism is not a crime' - reflections on the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Trust conference

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                                                                                        Arts & Homelessness International Awards

                                                                                          New Arts and Homelessness International Awards launched

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                                                                                          Report on Scottish Social Enterprises impact

                                                                                            New report: 'Scotland – A world leader in international social enterprise'

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                                                                                              How street papers and street soccer go together at the 2023 Homeless World Cup in Sacramento

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                                                                                                Finland is saying goodbye to homelessness: An interview with Juha Kaakinen

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                                                                                                Lice v Lice vendor Memet Kamber, who passed away due to complications from diabetes, stands smiling holding a copy of the magazine, wearing a grey jacket and a red and grey vest.

                                                                                                  Lice v Lice vendor Memet Kamber’s death highlights the struggle undocumented citizens in North Macedonia face accessing health care

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                                                                                                  Street papers provide people in poverty with an immediate source of income while driving long-term change through journalism and advocacy.

                                                                                                  Why street papers?

                                                                                                  Changing lives

                                                                                                  The cycle of homelessness is real... walking in that door (of the Big Issue), getting asked your first name and do you want to work? The power in that one sentence did so much for me.

                                                                                                  Vendor Rachel, Big Issue Australia
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                                                                                                  Changing perceptions

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                                                                                                  Street paper journalism is thorough and sharp and grounded in the social change required to end poverty and homelessness in our cities.

                                                                                                  Sean, street paper reader, Vancouver, Canada.

                                                                                                  Changing society

                                                                                                  Street papers shape the cities we love and the values of the world in which we want to live.

                                                                                                  Nikoleta Kosovac, Liceulice, Serbia
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