Advertisements:

   1.  Call for Fast
               by the Ohio Empowerment Coalition, pp. 12

Articles:

   1.  State of the Union
               by Angelo Anderson, pp. 1

   2.  Christmas Depression in the Stick
               by Eubanks, Bob, pp. 2

   3.  England's Street Paper Lands in L.A.
               by Murphy, Paul, pp. 3

   4.  Thanks to those who Donated
               pp. 4

   5.  Poverty Overwhelms a Family
               Eric and Carol, pp. 5

   National News from the Street

   6.  From Boston, Spare Change
               pp. 6

   7.  From Chicago, Street Wise
               pp. 6

   8.  From San Francisco, Street Sheet
               pp. 6

   9.  From Seattle, Real Change
               pp. 6

  10.  From Boston Spare Change
               pp. 6

  11.  Nationally
               pp. 6

  12.  Get Involved with Your City
               by Kiefer, Richard, pp. 6

  13.  White Lauds Vendor During Inauguration Speech
               excerpts from the speech of Cleveland Mayor Michael White, pp. 7

  14.  Better Late than Never
               by Davis, Brian, pp. 7

  15.  1998 New Year's Resolutions
               pp. 8

  16.  When You Thought He Wasn't There
               by Marshall, Beatrice, pp. 9

  17.  Highlights of the 1999 Proposed HUD Budget
               pp. 9

  18.  Reflections of a New VISTA Volunteer
               by Land, Loretta, pp. 10

  19.  Thirty Years after King: How Close are We to Achieving the Dream?
               by Whitehead, Donald, pp. 12

  20.  The Medical Homeless Population Grows
               by Benson, Eileen, pp. 13

  21.  I Want to Find a Way Off the Streets in 1998
               by Kevin, pp. 13

  22.  Solutions: Create a Job Club for Single Homeless Adults and a Non-Profit Temporary Service
               pp. 15

Commentary:

   1.  The Big Issue Invades America
               by Staff at Street Sheet in San Francisco, pp. 3

   2.  Bring on Britain's Street Paper
               by Davis, Brian

   3.  A Daily Struggle for Survival
               by Adams, Christopher M., pp. 9

   4.  Big Changes Expected for the Poor
               by Benson, Eileen, pp. 10

   5.  Electronic Food Stamps Coming to Ohio
               by Williams, Lynn, pp. 14
               
Letters to the Editor:

   1.  Police Officer Brags of Harassing Homeless
               by Santa, Staci, pp. 10

   2.  We Need Jobs, Not Time Limits
               by Cunningham, Randy, pp. 11

Poetry:

   1.  Because of You
               by Marshall, Beatrice, pp. 5

   2.  A Snowy Blanket upon a Snowy Hill
               by Marshall, Beatrice and Lee, Delphina, pp. 5

   3.  Beauty and the Bird
               by Thompson, Daniel, pp. 11

   4.  Soup Poem d'Jour
               by Thompson, Daniel, pp. 11

   5.  Joe Mama Mohammed
               by Walker, Tony, pp. 13

   6.  How Poets Live
               by Thompson, Daniel, pp. 14

   7.  It's Time You Realize that We are Organized
               by Neumeier, Bonnie, pp. 15

Street Vibes, from Cincinnati:

   1.  Electronic Food Stamps Coming to Ohio
               by Williams, Lynn, pp. 14

   2.  Twenty Years of the Peoples Move
               by Neumeier, Bonnie, pp. 14