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Street Sense vendor Aida Perry interviews U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in Nov. 2017. Photo by Rodney Choice

Cory Booker talks housing, environment & employment for all

By Street Sense, | February 7, 2018

In this interview, conducted by Street Sense Media vendor and contributor Aida Peery, the theme of empowering low-income communities of color arises in each of the issues he speaks most passionately about. Booker calls the criminal justice system “broken,” and its reform informs much of his legislative agenda, including a push to legalize marijuana. While he has found cross-aisle co-sponsors in bills addressing those issues, it is the senator’s progressive idealism regarding income inequality, criminal justice and health care that shines through in this candid interview. ...

Vendor Ken Martin, left, meets with Sen. Al Franken during an interview for the Washington D.C. street paper, Street Sense. Photo by Benjamin Burgess

Street Sense vendor runs into Sen. Al Franken and turns it into an interview

By Street Sense, | September 20, 2017

By Ken Martin and Roberta Haber, Street Sense

Street Sense vendor Ken Martin took advantage of a chance meeting with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) to arrange an interview. Franken was getting out of his car and Martin was nearby, doing what he normally does when he sells the paper. Remembering Franken’s questions during the confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions and Betsy DeVos, Martin greeted the senator and told him what a great job he was doing. ...

Michael Stoops with Susan Sarandon during her 2014 visit to Congress. Photo by Rachel Cain

A life well-lived: D.C. street newspaper remembers homeless advocate

By Street Sense, | May 24, 2017

Michael Stoops 1950 - 2017

It is with great sadness that Street Sense says goodbye to Michael Stoops, who passed away peacefully on the morning of May 1. Michael directed community organizing for the National Coalition for the Homeless, which he helped found in the ’80s. No individual has been more committed to or instrumental in empowering people experiencing homelessness. ...

Vendor Profile - Henrieese Roberts

By Street Sense, | September 3, 2014

The images of suffering caused by hiv/aids trouble Henrieese Roberts, 64. She has watched people struggle with ailments, be jailed and even die as a result of contracting the virus. More than half of her life has been spent advocating for people to talk about matters of sexuality and health.

“We fear the disease instead of learning how to circumvent it and be loving to people that do have it,” Roberts said. ...