UPDATE: Former Ukrainian street paper The Way Home shares the situation on the ground As Russia invades Ukraine, it’s anticipated that more than a million people may flee the country to seek refuge in neighbouring nations like Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Street papers in those places respond to the ongoing conflict, standing in…

ANDRE VASHER Groundcover contributor Michigan has brand new electoral maps designed through an innovative new process and the state’s politics will never be the same. They were drawn up by a citizen commission, Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, which resulted from a successful statewide ballot proposal in 2018. Its objectives are to achieve independence and…

Denise Shearer, Groundcover vendor No. 485 Instead of snow in the wintertime, I dream of a colorful winter.  Instead of having snow in  December, January, February and Valentine’s Day, March and St Patrick’s Day, April and Easter,  I dream of no snow and seeing pretty colors.  Colors that are pretty like green, red, orange, purple, …

Jay Gordon Groundcover vendor No. 533 If you’ve read my other articles, then you know I was in the Navy. Well this is a story of one of my experiences. While in the Navy I was a Culinary Specialist, aka a cook. Being a cook in the military does not mean you just cook food…