January 2010

Video Clip of the Night(mare) Center

Submitted by David J. Jefferson on Wed, 2010-01-27 17:40
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Election Practices: A Cross-National Overview

Submitted by Robert Sondak on Mon, 2010-01-25 14:56

We should recognize that the recent Senate Special Election reflects the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. campaign system. Highlighting the campaign process of culturally similar industrialized countries can help to shed light on alternative campaign practices and spending on elections. Two of our European allies have a comprehensive election system like the United States but similarities change after that. Both the United Kingdom
and Germany permit government and private funding under a managed system of regulations.

Health Care Reform to be Thwarted?

Submitted by David J. Jefferson on Wed, 2010-01-20 16:42

So the unthinkable has happened: The Mass. Senate seat that Teddy Kennedy held for 46 years has been ceded to Republican Scott Brown. Such a blow to the Democratic party should be a wake-up call for Obama and his colleagues in DC that they will need to fight to retain their current legislative control. They will also need to come up with some way to reform health care that acknowledges and validates the concerns of scores of Americans, while simultaneously achieving justice for the underserved.

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Peaches Map

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Mon, 2010-01-18 01:41
Peaches Map

Marc Goldfinger: Spoken Word

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Sun, 2010-01-17 22:23

[img_assist|nid=121|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=234|height=237]Marc Goldfinger, a  former Spare Change News vendor and Editor-in-Chief and current columnist and Poetry Editor, has arranged for the album "Getting Fixed," performed by the Jeff Robinson Trio, as a download for our readers.

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Marc Goldfinger Album

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Sun, 2010-01-17 22:16

Goldfinger

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Sun, 2010-01-17 22:12
Goldfinger

Marc Goldfinger

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Sun, 2010-01-17 22:11
Marc Goldfinger

Spare Change News documentary

Submitted by Michael Morisy on Sun, 2010-01-17 21:45

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Peaches

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On October 29th in 1985 A woman give birth to a tiny baby girl. The baby girl weighed 4lbs and 11oz. She could fit in the palm of your hand. Right then and there her mother knew that life would always be a struggle for her tiny infant.

My name is Peachez Rodriguez.

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I grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. Now please don't think that just because I grew up in Newport means I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. There are ghettos everywhere! Even Newport. My mother left my no-good father when I was nine. For nine years I lived in Hell and got lots of beatings from my dad. But my mom finally got sick of it and kicked him out. I thought it took her long enough. Now, back to the projects. I grew up in this two family duplex in Tonomy Hill. It was me and my four brothers. We lived in a four-bedroom house. It was always a little cramped. We tortured the hell out of each other for good fun, and we would feed sea gulls Alka Seltzer. My mom was a bitch and put me in state custody when I was 11. Then I bounced around for a while from group home to group home. Luckily I got emancipated from the department of social services when I was 16. I was holding down a full-time job and going to school. I took very good care of myself.

When I was 18 I woke up one day sick and tired of my life and packed a bag and came to Boston. I've been here ever since. I fell in love with the culture and the history and people were different from where I had come from. But it was hard to get a job, and as time went on its just become harder and harder.So, I finally joined the Spare Change paper. Not only do I have a job, I have a job that I love and believe in. It's still a struggle getting by, but the paper gives me hope and something to look forward to.

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Thur.-Sunday, 11 - 4 p.m.