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September 26, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
“Clear the Camps!” Is the New “Build the Wall!”
Trump adapts his "immigration crisis" script for homeless Americans.
May 17, 2019
Sophie Kasakove
The Tenants’ Rights Movement Is Expanding Beyond Big Cities
Renters in New York City have some legal protections and an activist infrastructure. What about the rest of America?
May 10, 2019
Matt Ford
Homelessness Is Not a Crime
Cities are increasingly punishing people who have nowhere to go—and few Americans, including Democrats, seem to care.
December 24, 2018
Katy Fallon
The Dickensian Tragedy of Britain’s Growing Poverty
Hot buttered rum—and homelessness—this holiday season
September 19, 2016
Sukjong Hong
How two homeless men in New Jersey became our “eyes on the street.”
January 5, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Andrew Cuomo thinks homelessness is neither “an economic problem” nor “a complicated problem.”
December 14, 2015
Monica Potts
Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams
Those left behind by Silicon Valley’s technology boom struggle to stay in the place they call home.
June 27, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
QEDaily: Here's How the Poor Really Live
December 11, 2013
Noreen Malone
Techies Are the New Puritans
Silicon Valley's ugly treatment of homeless people has a long history.
August 22, 2013
Noreen Malone
Another Tech Dude Dreams Up a Dumb Idea to Fix Homelessness
August 9, 2013
Jake Halpern
From the Stacks: Living the Walden Life
July 3, 2006
July 29, 2013
Noreen Malone
Silicon Valley Is Insensitive to Homeless People
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