Tag: Poverty
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The downfalls of buying a car when you are poor
Over the next few issues, we are going to look at several different issues regarding financial dilemmas that affect everyone on a daily basis. The first one we will look at is auto financing, and it’s a very difficult issue for many people. Most people put a small amount down. Some people pay nothing upfront…
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Gabriel Josh-Cazir Pierre: A Victim of Poverty
Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News On Monday September 12, 2011, sometime in the mid-morning, Luis Matos stepped out of the Dorchester day care van thinking he was done until the trip home. What he didn’t realize was that Gabriel Josh-Cazir Pierre, 17 months old, was still strapped into his seat in the van. It…
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Hip-Hop and Homelessness
Spare Change News Exclusive: An Interview With KRS-One By Nakia Hill As the “Teacha” of hip hop, KRS-One, the artist, prepares to travel to New England for his teach hip hop tour, Kris Parker, the person, reminisces about the irony within the connection of homelessness and hip-hop and how he once lived on the streets…