Vendor Writing
What Do Changes In The Paper Staff Mean For It’s Future?
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For people like me who hate, despise, even fear change it can and often does upset a very delicate balance in the way my mind and my world works.
Soulful Dudes
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In the 1990 hip-hop anthem “Fight the Power,” Chuck D of Public Enemy slammed Elvis Presley. Elvis may have been “a hero to most,” but for the militantly conscious rapper, that “sucker” was a “straight-up racist,” lumped with the conservative icon John Wayne.
The lyrics evoked the long, complicated debate over Presley’s legacy: Did his music bridge a racial chasm, or did he steal from Black artists? In Before Elvis, Preston Lauterbach flips the frame on this question. He explores Elvis through the lives of the Black musicians who shaped his style.
Hoboscopes: February 26, 2025
Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a registered herbalist, or a certified dishwasher.
Feral: Little Pal
Part 1 of 3 of the true story of a wild (feral) cat colony over a 3-year time period. My observations and involvement.
Learn More About Community Organizing
Federal edicts and missiles over these past couple of weeks have created chaos among nonprofit organizations, state and local agencies and others who are focused on serving people who struggle to make ends meet. Among some of the confusion created by the White House was the threat of halting a large portion of federal grant funding that Congress has allocated for agencies serving some of the most vulnerable populations in our nation. It remains unclear what direction the federal government intends to take next.
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‘Look Into My Eyes’ documents contemporary loneliness and the supernatural
Q&A with Mike Hodge
Cumberland Furnace
Vendor Writing
Food For Thought
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I became homeless in July 2023 after a psychotic episode and a divorce.
Vendor Writing
Pieces of Poetry 19
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You choose to be your own worst enemy,
When you’re too lost to listen and too blind to see.
Press Release
The Contributor to Recognize Top Street Newspaper Sellers with Awards
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Mayor Freddie O’Connell and local radio host Khalil Ekulona will join The Contributor at Belmont University on March 7 to celebrate the sales of 169,653 newspapers in 2023.
Vendor Spotlights
Anquenette S. talks building faith and building a DVD collection
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“I was first homeless here back in 2009 … I said, ‘God, please give me a house.’ When He gave me a place, I thanked God for it.”
Features
Q&A with Delishia Porterfield, at-large
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Porterfield felt she would be more effective if she could fully concentrate on fighting for working.