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Street NewspaperStreet newspapers, sometimes called homeless newspapers (in either case "newspapers" is sometimes shortened to "papers") are small, local newspapers written for (and often by) homeless people. At least some of the content is often related to homelessness, poverty, discrimination, and progressive solutions to these problems. The term "Street newspaper" comes from the fact that homeless people are often said to be "living on the street". Many are designed to help homeless people gain an income by selling the papers. Most papers give new vendors a small quantity of papers (usually 10 to 25) free to start. Otherwise, the vendors are charged a small amount to cover printing costs, and keep the profits. The amount of profit per paper varies from 50-90%. These ones are particularly likely to also include more mainstream content; anything from local event coverage to comics. Some also allow other "at risk" people to sell the papers, such as unemployed people or people at risk of being homeless. Most require vendors to sign a code of conduct, and give them badges to prove they are approved vendors. Many papers train their vendors. The Street News Service collects stories from 39 US papers, and 9 Canadian papers, making them available in a centralized Web site, since not all papers have their own Web site. The International Network of Street Papers reports 55 members in 28 countries, while the North American Street Newspaper Association reports papers in 35 cities in the United States and Canada. English language street newspapers, sold by vendors, that have Web sites include (monthly unless otherwise noted): Other street newspapers that have Web sites include: The first modern street newspaper was the Street News which was started in 1989 in New York cityhttp://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1117/p13s01-lihc.htm.
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