Civil Rights
NewsBy Kaela Roeder September 7, 2022
UN committee calls on the US to decriminalize homelessness
The United Nations is calling on the United States to take action against an increasing number of laws criminalizing homelessness.
ArtBy Kym Parker August 31, 2022
Freedom
We know what it is and we knowhow it makes us feel.Freedom.What we are blessed to be.Freedom.When we wake up…
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia August 24, 2022
DC announces expansion of first-time homebuyer program
D.C. will increase the aid available through the Home Purchase Assistance Program starting October 1.
NewsBy Jasper Smith August 24, 2022
DC expands monkeypox vaccination efforts to be more accessible as cases rise
Three D.C. Health locations will now provide 300 monkeypox vaccines for District residents each Friday.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia August 17, 2022
How DC’s eviction prevention hotline can help tenants
D.C.’s pro bono legal service providers have stopped two-thirds of evictions in D.C. with outreach and a centralized intake system.
NewsBy Holly Rusch August 8, 2022
Mayor’s office cuts ribbon on DC’s first adult LGBTQ shelter
D.C.’s first shelter for LGBTQ adults — set to provide trauma-specific resources, case management and substance use disorder services to residents — will open this month.
NewsBy Atmika Iyer August 3, 2022
The gig economy’s latest adversary: inflation
During a period of inflation, people are motivated to join the gig economy for extra income to cover rising expenses. Inflation simultaneously engenders and exacerbates fiscal obstacles for gig workers.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia August 3, 2022
National Alliance to End Homelessness lays out new priorities
The National Alliance to End Homelessness’s new leadership pledged to end homelessness by centering racial justice and lived experience at the organization’s annual conference.
NewsBy Atmika Iyer July 27, 2022
USICH encampment engagement guidance critiqued for promoting site closures
USICH created seven principles of encampment engagement to assist communities that are hoping to address encampments. USICH’s guidance operates under a flawed rehousing system and promotes encampment closures.
ArtBy Peaceful Tobias July 6, 2022
The experience of homelessness discrimination
When living on the street, I had some rough and good experiences. The thing I focus on more is the…
ArtBy Sybil Taylor June 29, 2022
Pride month
Artist/Vendor Sybil Taylor shares about the Pride celebrations.
Vendor ProfileBy Athiyah Azeem June 29, 2022
LGBTQ vendor/artist spotlight
Three of our LGBTQ vendors and artists tell us about their experiences as LGBTQ people, and what Pride means to them.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia June 29, 2022
Pride celebrations are over, but queer youth still need help
As Pride month ends, service providers for unhoused queer youth remind us of the work left to be done.
NewsBy Jasper Smith June 29, 2022
Anti-discrimination bill returns to the council for a third time
On June 28, the D.C. Council passed the Human Rights Enhancement Amendment Act to amend the Human Rights Act of 1977, adding homelessness as a protected class.
ArtBy Carol Motley June 22, 2022
You Don’t Know Me
A powerful poem about race in America.
ArtBy Jackie Turner June 15, 2022
Juneteenth
Artist/Vendor Jackie Turner shares her thoughts on the Juneteenth holiday.
OpinionBy Maurice Spears June 15, 2022
Security and police need more training to interact with people experiencing homelessness
Maurice Spears calls for law enforcement to have better training.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia June 15, 2022
DC might create a Juneteenth Commission. Here’s what it will look like
A bill before the D.C. Council would create a Juneteenth Commission, coordinating celebrations for next year.
NewsBy Hope Davis June 15, 2022
Poor People’s Campaign continues calls for White House meeting
This is the third time the group has called for a meeting with Biden.
ArtBy Reggie Jones June 8, 2022
Martin Luther King (have a dream speech) real life
A new piece from Reggie Jones.
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