Most contemporary films featuring young people are full of lies, because most young boys don`t get lucky with sexy older women, and most young girls don`t run into mad slashers while at summer camp.

The 1984 documentary Streetwise, directed by Martin Bell, is still relevant. It took a closer look at the lives of Seattle’s homeless youth and eventually was nominated for an Academy Award.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago's award-winning independent news source and the nation's longest running street publication is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Wednesday. StreetWise is more than a magazine ...

Mary Ellen Mark was a Philadelphia second grader when her class took a field trip to the state mental hospital. “They took us to the senile unit and I was like, ‘Wow, this is interesting,’ ” Mark ...

A real Chicagoan knows the familiar call of "Streetwise, here!" More than 12,000 vendors have sold the so-called "street paper" for the Uptown-headquartered nonprofit organization since it was founded ...

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