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  • Mothers Create Safe Space for Kids in South African Gangland

    Gina Ginsburg THE BIG ISSUE SOUTH AFRICA Initially started as a feeding scheme by concerned mothers, the non-profit organisation has branched out and now offers more than 120 children between the ages of three and 18 alternative activities to the social ills that plague their community, such as storytelling, computer literacy, food gardening training, art…

  • Common Courtesy: Pay It Forward

    Anthony Thames Spare Change News Recently, while I was commuting home via the No. 222 bus to Weymouth, a mother boarded with an infant child in a stroller. The bus was fairly crowded, as is normally the case on a late Tuesday afternoon. There were no open seats in the front of the bus, and…

  • Borderland: The Breeder (Conclusion)

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News (In the last episode, Patricia, a captive of Joseph, was being led into the pleasure room of the Kaliedoscope Eye Bar by Garter, an Elvish Rat breeder, who wishes to trade two Elvish Rats for the young dark girl.) http://sparechangenews.net/news/borderlands-breeder-part-one They had entered the pleasure room, and Garter uncovered…

  • Thanks, Tim

    James Shearer Spare Change News Recently after our 20th anniversary celebration there were some comments uttered about how the creation of Spare Change, or rather the way it was created, was a mistake. These comments were made by those who were either crying over spilt milk or were jealous of our success. Some would say…

  • Life on the MBTA: Haikus by the Homeless

    1. Out at Riverside Green line cars line up to make The run to Boston 2. With a screech, a train Of red cars sneak round the bend Into south station 3. Why do you have to Push a button near the door To board the blue line? 4. If you see something, Say something!…

  • Long-Running Lunch Program at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul

    Robert Sondak Spare Change News The Monday Lunch Program at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown Boston was founded 29 years ago. Since 1983, this program has been providing a hot lunch every Monday at noon to people who do not have a kitchen of their own. Membership has grown over the past…

  • Vendor Profile: 'You Have To Realize it On Your Own'

    Caroline McHeffey Spare Change News Mike Valasunas, a North Shore native but longtime Boston resident, has been a vendor on and off with Spare Change News for 20 years since its inception. Mike sought involvement with the paper in 1992 while staying in a shelter with James Shearer, one of the paper’s primary founders. Valasunas…

  • 'Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Holiday'

    Emily Kahoud Spare Change News Imagine the childhood relics of summertime: endless days of playing outdoors, the overwhelming aroma of a neighbor’s hamburgers and hot dogs on charcoal, or licking melty ice cream cones fast enough to stop the dribbles from reaching your hands and next your clothes. Now imagine this being tainted by the…

  • Transgender Equal Rights Law Shows Promising Start: New laws, while flawed, pave new ways for transgender rights

    Noelle Swan Spare Change News Kim McMurray began her medical transition from male to female at 49 years old. “If I had done this in my early teens, there’s a good chance I’d have ended up in a psychiatric ward and shock therapy wasn’t uncommon then.” She waited half a century to live as her…

  • Affordable Health Care Ruling: Reason for Joy/Reason for Sadness

    A shout of joy. A sigh of relief. A bit of puzzlement. A sense of disappointment. These are all feelings that those who hoped that the Supreme Court would uphold the Affordable Care Act most likely experienced upon hearing of the Supreme Court decision issued on Thursday, June 28, which upheld in part and rejected…

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