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Two white sheep and black lamb

    SOS: The size of stigma

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    Ghana

      Secret relationship leads to tragedy

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      Library books with broken spines

        Broken spines, but not spineless: a story of self-discovery

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        Deadly nightshade

          The power of psychedelics: an alternative approach to recovery

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          Food bank volunteer

            Making a living: the pros and cons of work and lived experience

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            A rainy day on Buchanan Street, Glasgow

              Taps aff – Scotland’s surprise water shortage

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              Rooftops with chimneys

                Housebuilding or saving the planet? Solving one crisis by fuelling another

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                Glasgow city centre

                  Everyday racism in Glasgow

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                  Volunteers at a food bank

                    Handle with care: the risks involved with lived experience

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                    Authorities close an encampment in D.C. on President Trump's orders

                      New executive order could reshape US response to homelessness

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                      Zurich, Switzerland

                        “It’s not all chocolate and cuckoo clocks”: inside the Swiss Association for Addiction

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                        L'Itinéraire writing workshop participants

                          Writing workshops by and for L'Itinéraire vendors

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                          Kaltbach emergency shelter, Schwyz

                            Locked out: inside Switzerland’s migrant accommodation

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                            Halvin Jones

                              For Denver VOICE vendor Halvin Jones, survival means walking all night

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                              Radmila Slavujevic selling Liceulice

                                Meet Liceulice vendor Radmila Slavujevic

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                                The Salvation Army Harbor Light Center

                                  Residents at DC’s last operating migrant shelter told to leave

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                                  A homeless encampment on the streets of downtown Los Angeles

                                    Homeless Beat Reporters Collective creates first guide to covering homelessness

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                                    London police station

                                      In Britain, you can be made a criminal just for being poor

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                                      Kenneth Henry

                                        “My journey back began at a shelter in Texas…”

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                                        Fredi Lüthin

                                          A vendor for the day

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                                          A woman enters a house in starry sky

                                            Inside Australia’s criminalisation of rough sleeping

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                                            Former Missouri Democratic representative Cori Bush addresses the rally

                                              One year after SCOTUS decision allowing cities to criminalise sleeping in public, rallies call attention to cuts in homelessness services

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                                              A German ambulance

                                                More than medicine: poverty in the emergency room

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                                                Biel, Switzerland. Photo by Miguel Lindo. Sourced by INSP

                                                  “They act as if we don’t exist”: Switzerland’s in-work poverty rises

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                                                  Marisa Debattista feeding a surrendered kitten,

                                                    Pet project: inside Australia’s pet food pantries

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                                                    a pile of street papers

                                                      INSP launches Journalism Training Academy

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                                                      Front cover of Hobo News shows a man looking at the Statue of Liberty with the caption: "Say Miss! Do You Know Where I Can Get A Job!"

                                                        Hobo News: the first street paper?

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                                                        man in grey jacket standing with street paper and smiling

                                                          Draussenseiter vendor Hans Baars: “I have to think positively, even though the world isn’t positive at all”

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                                                          black and white photo of a tree in a park

                                                            Les Morts de la Rue: Brussels’ network to eulogise people experiencing homelessness

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                                                            a group of young girls singing on a stage

                                                              Inside Serbia’s girls-only rock camp

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                                                              a woman in a white poncho stand smiling with hand on hip

                                                                “I’m coming back for them”: Street Sense vendor on securing housing

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                                                                an elderly woman cooking in a small kitchen

                                                                  Familial love transcends homelessness

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                                                                  a man taking part in a march, holding a pink placard that says 'refugees welcome'

                                                                    “Mass accommodation exacerbates the problem”: Ingo Schäfer on refugees’ mental health

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                                                                    group of people chatting with Pride flags wrapped around their shoulders

                                                                      In Conversation with Sebastian Rocca: Micro Rainbow

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                                                                      a black and white photo of a woman facing the camera with her fist raised

                                                                        She Matters: fighting Australia’s femicide crisis

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                                                                        a picture of two men handing out trump merchandise

                                                                          What the Trump administration means for Americans experiencing homelessness

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                                                                            INSP seeks participants to Change the Narrative on Homelessness

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                                                                            two men sitting in armchairs at a table, drinking coffee and chatting

                                                                              Apropos vendor Igboanugo Anyichukwu: “I feel like I’m part of this community”

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                                                                              a woman in an orange top leans against a green wall with her hair blowing in the wind

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

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                                                                                'global forum for media development' written in blue and orange, with the impress logo in navy and orange in the top right corner

                                                                                  Street paper news service bolstered by professional memberships

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                                                                                  a group of people facing the camera with a campsite in the background, all with their fists in the air.

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

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                                                                                    a woman sits at a kitchen table inside a small apartment

                                                                                      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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                                                                                        a woman with her hand on her hip stands facing the camera with her hand on her hip, in front of a bright mural

                                                                                          Meet Ruth, The Big Issue Australia vendor in Adelaide

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                                                                                          a black and white photo of a woman wearing glasses

                                                                                            Homeless on the doorstep of EU

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                                                                                            a man in a yellow hoodie sitting at a table, drawing

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

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                                                                                              a pile of camping supplies sitting in a field, in front of houses and a mountain

                                                                                                Alamosa’s sanctioned camp takes care of its people

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                                                                                                three people sitting on armchairs in conversation

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

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                                                                                                  black and white photo of a woman walking down a street, past a sign that says 'respekt'

                                                                                                    We can no longer afford the rich

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                                                                                                    blue and white drawing of a woman being stepped on by a giant foot

                                                                                                      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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                                                                                                        a woman in a black hoodie examining another woman's nose

                                                                                                          Surgery on the street

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                                                                                                          cartoon graphic of a man falling off a cliff

                                                                                                            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 giving a speech

                                                                                                                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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                                                                                                                          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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                                                                                                                            image of woman holding child

                                                                                                                              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 logo

                                                                                                                                                  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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                                                                                                                                                                Former Missouri Democratic representative Cori Bush addresses the rally

                                                                                                                                                                  One year after SCOTUS decision allowing cities to criminalise sleeping in public, rallies call attention to cuts in homelessness services

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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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                                                                                                                                                                      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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                                                                                                                                                                        Report on Scottish Social Enterprises impact

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

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                                                                                                                                                                          Korean street soccer project participants play football on a 5-a-side pitch

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

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                                                                                                                                                                            Juha Kaakinen wears glasses a white shirt and black jacket. He is photographed walking down a busy street.

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

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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.

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                                                                                                                                                                              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.

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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.

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

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