Madison’s newspaper by and about the homeless is now “StreetPulse.” The renamed monthly even has a home: an office at Gilman Plaza, 520 University Ave.
Formerly “Homeless Cooperative,” the monthly newspaper is hawked in the State Street area by homeless people who get to pocket 75 cents from the $1 suggested donation per copy.
The newspaper was founded by students and homeless people active in the Madison Warming Center Campaign. Mel Motel, a founding editor and UW-Madison student, said that circulation has climbed from about 2,000 to 3,000 in the four months the newspaper has been published.