Spare Change News

June 18, 2019

Local Farmer, Teacher Begins Jail Sentence for I.C.E. Protest
Availability, Not the Economy, Drives New England Opioid Overdoses
Boston Pride Discusses Stonewall 50 Years Later, What’s Changed and What to Expect for the Future
The Disappearance of Heroin
Availability Drives New England Opioid Overdoses
Tenants, activists protest unfair rent hike in Hyde Park
Angela Davis Speaks at Boston Public Library
Massachusetts Senator Releases Report Detailing Trump Administration’s ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Agenda
New MOMMIES Act Aims to Implement ‘Maternal Justice’
Boston’s Homeless Women Struggle to Navigate Healthcare System
Help Spare Change News Help Others!
IDs For the Homeless are Common Sense
More students experiencing homelessness than reported by public schools during last school year
Education a Hot Topic in Mass. Senate Budget Debate
A Tale of Two Bostons

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News
- Education a Hot Topic in Mass. Senate Budget Debate - May 21, 2019
- Boston Housing Authority announces 1,000 new vouchers for the homeless - May 21, 2019
- Emerson photo exhibit showcases stories of recovery - May 16, 2019
- Needle Take Back Day launches in Boston - May 16, 2019
- People Demonstrate for Worker, Immigrant rights on May Day - May 8, 2019
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- Massachusetts District Attorneys Sue ICE Over Court Interferences - May 21, 2019
- Elizabeth Warren kicks off campaign in Lawrence - February 12, 2019
- Federal workers protest government shutdown - January 16, 2019
- ‘Friends’ Star Inspired to Action by Friend’s Homelessness - January 1, 2019
- Massachusetts has highest increase in homeless population in the country - December 20, 2018
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- ‘It changed my life’: Ordinary people power Game of Thrones - May 8, 2019
- Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city - April 2, 2019
- The True Cost of Food - November 2, 2018
- Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards - November 1, 2018
- Different perspectives: “Repicturing Homeless” photo project shows homeless people in a new light - October 18, 2018
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Social Justice
- Emerson photo exhibit showcases stories of recovery - May 16, 2019
- Homeless Bill of Rights Takes Aim at Housing Discrimination - May 15, 2019
- Boston to make case for new Long Island bridge to Quincy - May 7, 2019
- Boston Announces $5 Million Investment in Youth Homelessness, Affordable Housing - April 16, 2019
- Shelters Shouldn’t Do the State’s job - April 5, 2019
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- 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
- Black or White, They’re All Just Kids - March 12, 2018
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- 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
- Who-ray for her - October 3, 2018
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- Needle Take Back Day launches in Boston - May 16, 2019
- Dreamers, TPS holders join Members of Congress to advocate for new Dream and Promise Act - April 1, 2019
- Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards - November 1, 2018
- Texas Woman Faces Prison For Voting - October 16, 2018
- UN Report a Blistering Indictment of Myanmar’s Crimes Against Rohingya - September 14, 2018
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- Boston’s Homeless Women Struggle to Navigate Healthcare System - May 30, 2019
- Boston to make case for new Long Island bridge to Quincy - May 7, 2019
- To make health care more accessible, mobile van travels to communities that need it the most - April 22, 2019
- Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city - April 2, 2019
- Pilot Plan Begins in MA to Rate Addiction-Treatment Centers - March 1, 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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- ‘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
- David Tennant: ‘I was told acting was a daft idea.’ - May 24, 2018
- A Week With Mark Hamill: “At First, I Wondered if Star Wars was a Comedy - January 30, 2018
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- Book Review: ‘Prey For Us’ - May 8, 2019
- Fiction: A Fly In The Ointment - April 9, 2019
- Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin: A Book Review - March 7, 2019
- Buy Me Boston: Brian Coleman’s new book is a ‘love letter’ to the city’s past - January 16, 2019
- Stray to Tent A Forever Home: A Book Review - October 4, 2018
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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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