First Person: A Paper With A Future. Like any good Greater Bostonian, I always dutifully bought each new issue of Spare Change News when it came out every other Friday. Jesse, my Spare Change vendor who sells the paper in Court Square, not too far from the State House in Boston, was a very nice guy. He was big on the mission of the paper and appreciative of the opportunity to sell it. Continue reading …
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The August 24- September 6, 2012 edition of Spare Change News, the Cambridge, MA-based street newspaper, is available in print (PDF format here) and online at www.sparechangenews.net.
Spare Change News writer Noelle Swan delves into the untold history of women’s boxing in “Grand Champ of Women’s Boxing,” about a Massachusetts fighter who took on the all-male boxing establishment to open a door for women.
Don’t miss an in-depth interview with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Occupy, the Tea Party and the 99 percent from the International Network of Street Papers.
Read about outgoing Editor-In-Chief Thomas Benner’s personal experience with Spare Change News from his days as a customer to his year leading the newsroom in “First Person: A Paper with a Future.”
Meet our new Editor-in-Chief, the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, and his ambitious plans for the next phase of Boston’s 20-year-old street newspaper.
Coming up in our Sept. 7 issue: Cornel West, The Spare Change News Interview
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A sneak preview from the next issue of Spare Change News. This, and an interview with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Occupy, the Tea Party and the 99 percent, will be featured in our next issue. Top photo: Gail “The Champ” Grandchamp of North Adams, Mass., (yes, her real name) took on the all-male boxing establishment and delivered the legal KO that opened the door to this month’s first-ever women’s Olympic boxing competition. Below, Claressa Shields of the U.S. standing with her gold medal during the presentation ceremony for the Women’s Middle (75kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic Games.
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The latest issue of Spare Change News (PDF) features a look by writer Noelle Swan at new legislation aimed at streamlining and normalizing HIV testing. Testing, Testing … HIV tells the story of a Kimberly Wilson, an HIV-positive woman who waited for years for her doctors to give her an HIV test, despite her repeated requests.
Writer Patty Tomsky reflects on the past and present work of Stephen King
in The Once and Future King: Fan Boy and Photo-Essayist, Who Knew?
Be sure to check out Just Don't Go, James Shearer’s column on the Chick Fil-A debacle.
Or read us online at http://sparechangenews.net/
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