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I didn't really want to sell newspapers, but it was either that or die on the streets," says 27-year-old Glasgow resident Stephen Strang, once a homeless alcoholic who now has a place to live, a job and a bank account all thanks to a newspaper called
The Big Issue
. Newspapers like
The Big Issue
, sold on the street by the homeless as a way to get them back into society, are thriving. More than 40 are available in major cities in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.
The Big Issue
which has five regional editions across the U.K. has...