Spare Change News

January 16, 2021

Shelter guests will begin to receive COVID-19 vaccines in late December, early January
“They Were Locked In, We Were Locked Out”: A Story of Lockdown and Homelessness in Harvard Square
Cambridge-Based TabletConnect Helps Families Worldwide Communicate Face-to-Face During COVID-19
Believing in Second Chances: How One Program is Diversifying the Current Landscape of Education
Overcoming Challenges, One Employment Opportunity at a Time
The Business of Fancy Dancing by Sherman Alexie: A Movie Review
Abby DeRigo Named Executive Director of the Homeless Empowerment Project and Spare Change News
The Changes Come So Fast
With Spare Change News closed, a local fund awards one SCN vendor-writer a way to pay rent
Covid-19 and cages on Boston’s Methadone Mile
Stolen Lives
Taking The Homeless Census by Alexis Ivy: A Book Review
A New Normal
Daily Table: An Innovative Approach to Accessing Healthy Food at the Grocery Store
Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition: Bringing communities together, one organization at a time

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News
- Shelter guests will begin to receive COVID-19 vaccines in late December, early January - December 21, 2020
- “They Were Locked In, We Were Locked Out”: A Story of Lockdown and Homelessness in Harvard Square - December 18, 2020
- Cambridge-Based TabletConnect Helps Families Worldwide Communicate Face-to-Face During COVID-19 - October 5, 2020
- Abby DeRigo Named Executive Director of the Homeless Empowerment Project and Spare Change News - July 17, 2020
- The Changes Come So Fast - July 3, 2020
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- Progressives in Congress try to protect homeless, prevent more homelessness - April 10, 2020
- Austin expels homeless from under bridge, promises them giant tent - November 11, 2019
- Hounded: Demonstrators decry Greyhound’s cooperation with ICE - September 25, 2019
- Rapid rehousing: The problems with this solution - September 15, 2019
- How Trump incites violence: Understanding stochastic terrorism - September 3, 2019
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- Refugees sleeping rough on outskirts of EU - January 14, 2020
- A voice for the children of Gaza - December 2, 2019
- Panama celebrates its black Christ, part of protest against colonialism and slavery - October 29, 2019
- For Some in Kashmir Marriage Equates to Sexual Slavery - October 29, 2019
- How climate change is driving emigration from Central America - September 30, 2019
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Social Justice
- “They Were Locked In, We Were Locked Out”: A Story of Lockdown and Homelessness in Harvard Square - December 18, 2020
- With Spare Change News closed, a local fund awards one SCN vendor-writer a way to pay rent - July 3, 2020
- The history of homelessness in the US rears its head in the face of COVID-19 - May 13, 2020
- Addressing Poverty Through Policy Reform - May 5, 2020
- Progressives in Congress try to protect homeless, prevent more homelessness - April 10, 2020
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- Panama celebrates its black Christ, part of protest against colonialism and slavery - October 29, 2019
- Horace Seldon: Fighting Injustice, Celebrating Civil Disobedience - December 20, 2018
- Parents Who Had Kids Torn From Them File Class Action Lawsuit - September 11, 2018
- Nonprofit Sector Needs to Recruit and Promote Leaders of Color, Report Finds - April 23, 2018
- Boston Mothers Who Have Lost Sons Speak Out Against Police Brutality - April 3, 2018
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- For Some in Kashmir Marriage Equates to Sexual Slavery - October 29, 2019
- And the distractions continue - March 5, 2019
- Election Shows Strong Support for LGBTQ Rights - November 30, 2018
- Protests against Kavanaugh bookend the week in Boston - October 6, 2018
- Study Finds No Threat in Transgender Bathroom Access - October 4, 2018
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- Prisoner abuse sparks lawsuit against Souza-Baranowski prison - February 21, 2020
- Refugees sleeping rough on outskirts of EU - January 14, 2020
- A voice for the children of Gaza - December 2, 2019
- For Some in Kashmir Marriage Equates to Sexual Slavery - October 29, 2019
- The hidden costs of fast fashion - October 29, 2019
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- Senior Living in the Days of the Plague - April 20, 2020
- Pandemic redefines ‘essential’ as workers brave coronavirus - April 1, 2020
- Councilor asks Boston to name racism ‘a public health crisis’ - March 16, 2020
- As coronavirus spreads, homeless people are vulnerable - March 14, 2020
- Are you equipped to respond to an opioid overdose? - October 29, 2019
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Arts & Culture
- Champion of the Underdog: An Interview With Dolly Parton - February 26, 2019
- Bill Murray chats about his late-career dive into music - November 23, 2018
- Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte discusses band’s new album, Generation Rx - October 22, 2018
- Respect: Saying Goodbye to the Queen of Soul - September 14, 2018
- MC5 Guitarist Marks 50 Years of Kicking Out the Jams With Tour, Autobiography - August 16, 2018
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- The Business of Fancy Dancing by Sherman Alexie: A Movie Review - July 17, 2020
- Movie Review: The Rhythm Section - February 21, 2020
- ‘It changed my life’: Ordinary people power Game of Thrones - May 8, 2019
- She’s the Boss: Alyssa Milano Talks #Metoo, Acting, and Mental Health - November 3, 2018
- Who-ray for her - October 3, 2018
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- Stolen Lives - June 24, 2020
- Taking The Homeless Census by Alexis Ivy: A Book Review - June 23, 2020
- …’To You’ - April 5, 2020
- Book Review: Long Bright Mirror - February 21, 2020
- The Split Man: A review of Marc Goldfinger’s ‘Heroin’s Harbor - January 21, 2020
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Voices
- Last Word
- LAST WORD: Christina Sukghian Houle - May 4, 2016
- Last Word: Mary Ann Ponti - April 20, 2016
- Last Word: Denice Lowery - April 14, 2016
- Last Word: Dawn - March 31, 2016
- Last Word: Hal Rawlings - February 26, 2016
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