Opinion
ArtBy Robert Warren October 8, 2014
Street Sense
For Street Sense I write for food. For the thoughts of what one feels is right, For those who haven’t…
OpinionBy Chon Gotti October 8, 2014
Sister
I was talking to a customer the other day and she asked me why I use the word ‘sister’. She…
OpinionBy Sasha Williams October 8, 2014
A School Day
I was in history class in high school and I thought it was a movie day so my teacher pulled…
NewsBy Jackie Turner October 8, 2014
Ebola
People are very afraid that the Ebola virus will spread. Now it is in Liberia, in the poorest part of…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil October 8, 2014
A Struggle with Conservatism
I never been comfortable being called conservative. I find myself struggling with my conservatism secretly; not telling anyone that I…
OpinionBy Cynthia Mewborn October 4, 2014
c=mb²: A Reflected Moment
The lack of awareness only leaves room for regrets. “If I had only…if I had only pondered, considered, reflected, before…
OpinionBy Jackie Turner September 30, 2014
You Make my Day!
I have been selling Street Sense for over two years. I have encountered all kinds of people. Some people just…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil September 29, 2014
Why I’m Behind the President
Liberals are beside themselves. They’ve never had an anti-war president. They have tried with candidates such as Henry Wallace, Eugene…
OpinionBy Chon Gotti September 26, 2014
Every Day Is Customer Appreciation Day
My customer—I’ll call him D—pops up almost always at the right time to offer me a cigarette after I have…
Opinion September 25, 2014
Street Sense Filmmakers’ Cooperative Headed to the Big Apple!
Everyone has a story to tell. Just as housing can be seen as a human right, so can we see…
OpinionBy Jackie Turner September 10, 2014
Ugly is a State of Mind
Most people think of ugly as an offense to the eye. Something unpleasant to look at. It can also be…
OpinionBy George Brown September 10, 2014
Citizens Denied
Is this a nation’s new slavery? That the poor, homeless, and hungry have to go through so much in order…
OpinionBy Barron Hall September 10, 2014
In the name of God, gracious and merciful, I feel so thankful to be a part of an organization that…
OpinionBy Eric Thompson-Bey September 10, 2014
9/11
Where were you on 9-11? I can remember being locked in a jail cell at the Central Treatment Facility. After…
OpinionBy Lester L. Benjamin September 10, 2014
Unarmed Teen Killed by Police in St. Louis
My condolences to the family of the teenage boy killed by the police in St. Louis. It’s extremely and when…
OpinionBy Jeffery McNeil September 10, 2014
The Apocaplytic Vision of a Jihadist
I’m not a warmonger, however I’m no peacenik or dove. When you see the events that are going on in…
OpinionBy Debora Brantley September 10, 2014
The Memories of the Righting of Wrongs
You have to try to live your life right to be the best you can be. You have to agree…
OpinionBy Ashley McKinley September 1, 2014
It’s Our Body; Why Should Anyone Care?
Why are politicians so worried about what a woman does with her body? A judge in the state of Louisiana…
ArtBy Jeffery McNeil August 27, 2014
That Discussion on Race
Tolerance is a loaded word. It means I find you offensive but I will compromise my values and put up…
OpinionBy Leonard Hyater August 27, 2014
Dear Robin
When I heard the news that you passed away, I broke down and started to cry. I couldn’t believe it….
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