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OpinionBy Brian Carome November 22, 2023
Ending our 20th year
Street Sense CEO Brian Carome celebrates the paper’s twentieth year and explains the path ahead for the organization.
ArtBy Queenie Featherstone November 8, 2023
People for Fairness Coalition
Queenie Featherstone celebrates a community organization.
NewsBy Taylor Nichols November 8, 2023
Coffee with a purpose: How this business owner is making a difference for LGBTQ+ youth
Skyler Kelley opened Brij Coffee with one goal in mind — to use profits to help folks without stable housing.
NewsBy Eliza DuBose October 25, 2023
More than a mobile shower: The Neighborhood Well offers community to its neighbors
A community organization in Maryland, The Neighborhood Well, offers free showers and community to unhoused neighbors.
OpinionBy Annemarie Cuccia October 11, 2023
More changes at Street Sense
Interim Editor-in-Chief Annemarie Cuccia writes about the changes at Street Sense over the last few months.
ArtBy Phillip Black September 27, 2023
Younger vendors
Long-time vendor Phillip Black gives some advice to the newer vendors.
ArtBy Chon Gotti September 13, 2023
Homelessly in love: A journey of love’s nomad
In a new poem, Chon Gotti draws parallels between being in love and experiencing homelessness.
ArtBy Mars September 13, 2023
Street Sense
Mars urges Street Sense to focus on doing good journalism.
ArtBy Greta Christian September 13, 2023
My story about Street Sense
Greta Christian shares why every day at Street Sense is a good one.
ArtBy Brianna Butler September 13, 2023
Make money: Solutions for Street Sense
Brianna Butler shares suggestions for Street Sense, like publishing in different languages and attending events.
NewsBy Cole Kindiger August 30, 2023
New Arlington art installation commemorates uprooted Black neighborhood
Nekisha Durret’s ‘Queen City,’ a sculpture in an Arlington park, memorializes a Black community displaced by the Pentagon.
NewsBy Gabriela Ferreira Reitz August 30, 2023
HIV advocate, Dominique Anthony, found support through community organizations. Now she’s giving back
Vendor and advocate Dominique Anthony works with local organizations to advocate for HIV awareness and prevention.
ArtBy Gerald Anderson August 30, 2023
My fourth strike: Still Standing
Gerald Anderson shares his experience as a person experiencing homelessness on Jan. 6 in D.C.
OpinionBy Steve Lilienthal August 30, 2023
Connecting library users with hope and help at the DC Public Library
DC Public Library is striving to better serve users experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse problems and joblessness.
ArtBy Angie Whitehurst August 16, 2023
The times we’re in
Angie Whitehurst reflects on the recent difficulties of the times and calls to the community for humanity and support.
ArtBy James Davis August 16, 2023
If there is another world
James Davis writes a poem about his experience at Street Sense.
ArtBy Queenie Featherstone August 16, 2023
Street Sense Media is in a pickle
Queenie Featherstone writes a poem to the Street Sense Board of Directors.
ArtBy Frederic John August 16, 2023
Avoiding the squeeze
Frederic John makes a plea to return to weekly production after the paper switches to a biweekly schedule.
ArtBy Jackie Turner August 16, 2023
Jacqueline Turner reflects on the importance of Street Sense and commits to continuing her work at the paper.
ArtBy Gracias Garcias August 16, 2023
A call for change
Gracias Gracias reflects on recent changes at Street Sense and considers what current circumstances say about current leadership.
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