Summer is in full swing, and not only has the temperature been rising, but things are beginning to heat up for the Challenger Newspaper!  Did you know that a 30-minute […]

They say that April showers bring May flowers, but here in Austin, Texas, it looks like June has brought the monsoon. The central Texas hill country has been hit hard this month with some heavy rain fall causing floods that left some people without homes. This just goes to show that it can happen to anyone, at any time, and all it can take is an act of nature to confront us with the reality of losing everything. Knowing that, we can practice ‘Gratitude’ for what we do have, as Fred Pettit shares with us in his story on page one of this months edition.

This month is jammed with plenty of other great writing, so much so, that on this rare occasion we’ve selected not one, but TWO featured online articles for you to enjoy. The first is Blue Water Ninja, by Leefrnk, and the second is A System of Terror Against Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans, by Sue Gabriel. If you enjoy these articles, why not make a small donation and pick up a fresh PDF copy of the paper below. Your contributions directly support the many writers and distributors of the Challenger Newspaper working to lift themselves out of poverty and life on the streets.

Fear not, here at last is the coveted monthly edition of the Challenger Street Newspaper for the month of May 2015! We are all faced with challenges sometimes, even your dedicated webmaster. But the human spirit is irrepressible, and can never be broken. Our friends living homeless on the streets of Austin may be down but they’re not out.

The featured online article this month is ‘All Love’ about Austin Atheists Helping the Homeless. Thanks as always to all our readers for your support, and helping to give everyone at the Challenger a hand up.

Hola! Hello! Howdy! How y’all doing? Great, I hope. Get ready, because we’re about to unleash another stupendous, and never horrendous, big, bad, issue of THE CHALLENGER! We hope you get as much enjoyment out of reading our paper each and every month, as we do in publishing it. Remember, no matter how low life has gotten you, there’s always something to look forward to, and enjoy, even if that’s just taking a moment or two to kick your feet up, sit back and take in some world-class writing, like this month’s featured online article from regular Challenger contributor Jeff Tydeman, Death and the Dispossessed.

As always, more great content awaits you, at your fingertips below, for a small donation that helps support our work and our mission to end homelessness in Austin, TX and worldwide.

Download the full issue now for a small donation: There’s so much happening this March in Austin.  From St. Patrick’s day, to SXSW, to the return of Spring and the […]

Download the full issue now for a small donation: Welcome to another monthly edition of your favorite local newspaper; the one and only street newspaper written by and about Austin’s […]

That’s a wrap! … on 2014 that is. Well, almost. We still have time to enjoy the holiday season, look back and reflect on the year past, and look forward, ahead to the new year. We do hope your year was a good one. We at the Challenger have stayed focused and dedicated to improving our paper and our mission to bring you hard hitting news, and uplifting and entertaining stories from the streets of Austin, Texas. We look forward to delivering you even more great content in 2015!

Do you ever feel like you’re repeating yourself? Running in circles? Chasing your tail? In some contexts, too much of the same thing can drive you crazy or lead to boredom. And in other contexts, some things you can never have too much of – for example: a roof over your head, or warm clothes on a cold night. Unfortunately too many people in Austin will spend some nights without both. Remember as Winter is just around the corner, now’s a good time to donate any good used clothing or blankets you may have.

In the meantime, why not warm your own heart with another issue of the Challenger! This month you can read An Abuse of Power by Kenneth Cullivan, right here on the website. You can also download your own PDF edition of the entire November 2014 Challenger Newspaper, just by clicking on the button below, for $2, which goes to support the paper. Thanks as always for your support!

Download the full issue now for a small donation: Greetings Challengers. Here we are and it’s October. How the summer raced by this year. Well, we can look back or […]