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street newspapers  

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  • “Street papers” refer to publications that address social issues and are sold by homeless and formerly homeless vendors or given free to the public. Street papers first appeared in the United States and abroad during the late 1980s and the 1990s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Homelessness; Street Newspapers]

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