Health, Physical
NewsBy Nora Scully February 28, 2024
First medical respite center for women opens in DC
D.C.’s first medical respite center for women experiencing homelessness opened in January, and will support at least 30 women.
OpinionBy Gracia Garcias February 28, 2024
The right to see
Vendor Gracias Garcias writes about his experience getting glasses, and the rights to health care and clarity.
OpinionBy Jackie Turner January 31, 2024
How to improve health care access in the United States
Jackie Turner writes about the need to improve health care access in the United States in her latest piece.
ArtBy Dominique Anthony January 17, 2024
Happy belated World AIDS Day
Dominique Anthony writes about her experience being diagnozed with HIV.
NewsBy Taylor Nichols December 6, 2023
People struggle to stay safe while homeless as violent crime rates rise
A Street Sense analysis found that in 2022, people experiencing homelessness were over twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia November 8, 2023
If you need overnight shelter this winter, here’s where you can find it
For the first time in years, recreation centers in D.C. will not host winter shelters.
ArtBy Dominique Anthony November 8, 2023
Chosen few
After Dominique Anthony was diagnosed with HIV, she began working with community organizations to prevents its spread.
NewsBy Eliza DuBose November 8, 2023
Where do people who live outside go during extreme weather events?
The city lacks plans unhoused people for extreme weather events like hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornados and flooding.
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.
ArtBy Aida Peery October 11, 2023
Heroes
Aida Peery tells the harrowing story of her granddaughter getting a bead stuck up her nose.
OpinionBy David Schwartzman October 11, 2023
DC fails to protect its children
D.C. should do more to protect children from toxic lead and give families economic opportunities, David Schwartzman writes.
NewsBy Eliza DuBose September 27, 2023
After months of conflict over the new Foggy Bottom shelter, vendors share their vision for the facility
D.C. is converting a former George Washington University dorm into a homeless shelter after purchasing the building in mid-August.
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.
OpinionBy Max Broad June 14, 2023
Smoky skies show that climate action is social justice
During poor air quality events, not everyone can stay inside. Our neighbors who are unhoused are more exposed to the smoky skies than others.
NewsBy Athiyah Azeem May 24, 2023
DC closes long-standing downtown encampment
The city permanently removed the people living outside of Street Sense Media’s offices.
ArtBy Vennie Hill Bracey March 29, 2023
Self-awareness
A piece about recovery, growth, and love, by Vennie Hill.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 11, 2023
DC risks running out of shelter beds in 2023
Between encampment and program closures, D.C.’s shelter system may be overwhelmed by mid-2023.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 1, 2023
DC surveys homeless residents every year. What do the numbers tell us?
D.C. conducted its annual survey of residents experiencing homelessness, the Point-in-Time Count, on Jan. 25. While the numbers are crucial to measuring how effective the city’s plan to end homelessness is, advocates say the survey is likely an undercount.
ArtBy Vennie Hill Bracey January 11, 2023
Your body is your unconscious mind
Vennie Hill writes about how to take care of your body.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia January 4, 2023
At least 77 people died without a home last year in DC. How can those deaths be prevented?
At a memorial for the 77 people who died without shelter this year, advocates discussed how to prevent people from dying on the streets.
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