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{{short description|Newspaper in Seattle, Washington}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Real Change | image = Real Change Logo.jpg | caption = | type = Weekly [[street newspaper]] | format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]] | foundation = 1994 | ceased publication = | price = USD $2.00 <ref name="next city"/> | founder = Tim Harris | political position = Homeless advocacy | publisher = | editor = | managing director = Shelley Dooley | circulation = 13,000 weekly (2019)<ref name="next city">{{Cite news|url=https://nextcity.org/features/view/the-paper-on-the-street|title=The Paper on the Street|last=Vande Panne|first=Valerie|date=May 27, 2019|website=nextcity.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-24|quote=The paper has 16 staffers and a $1.2 million annual budget, with a weekly circulation of 13,000 copies}}</ref> | headquarters = | website = [http://www.realchangenews.org/ realchangenews.org] }} '''''Real Change''''' is a weekly [[progressivism|progressive]] [[street newspaper]] based in [[Seattle, Washington]], [[United States|USA]] written by [[professional]] staff and sold by self-employed vendors, many of whom are [[homeless]]. The paper provides them with an alternative to [[begging|panhandling]] and covers a variety of social justice issues, including homelessness and poverty.<ref name=genius>{{cite news |title=Honorary Political Genius: Tim Harris and Real Change |author=Dominic Holden |publisher=The Stranger |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/tim-harris-and-real-change/Content?oid=4887748 |date=16 September 2010}}</ref> It became weekly in 2005, making it the second American street newspaper ever to be published weekly. Real Change is a [[501(c) organization|501(c)(3)]] non-profit organization with an annual budget of $950,000.<ref name=defends>{{cite news |title=Real Change defends donation to anti-tunnel effort |author=Emily Heffter |publisher=Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2015485844_pro-tunnel_campaign_says_real.html |date=1 July 2011}}</ref>
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