D. C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared four encampments during the week of June 24.

D.C. conducts over 70 encampment engagements every year. Do they achieve what they’re supposed to?

Tiny, who lives in the encampment, sat on top of her bookshelf as DMHHS workers and service providers attempted to force her to move her belongings for the June 28 clean-up.

The National Park Service closed a second triangle park near Union Station on Oct. 15. Ten people who had been living in the park at Massachusetts Avenue and 3rd Street NE had only 14 days to find a new place to live.

Many people are asking that question. It raises concerns both about the safety of American citizens and restoration of the rule of law.

According to NBC 4, two men, identified as homeless were found in downtown D.C. on Nov. 13, leaving officials speculating if the frigid temperatures, which was in the 20s, was to blame.

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I was robbed on the 30N bus on the night of April 26 at 12:55 a.m. The crime was committed blocks away from the Capitol building, the bus stop near the  intersection of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW.

Article explores Trump’s effect on the poor and the middle class and vicious cycles of wealth distribution in the U.S.A.

Democrats held a rally on Dec. 13th outside of the U.S. Capitol in the freezing cold to denounce Trump’s new tax bill

Residents at the Community for Creative Nonviolence now have access to a recently refurbished computer lab, tech training, and free laptops. The program’s director aims even higher.

As I look back over my life and think things over, I can truly say that I am blessed. I am a living testimony.

Senator Al Franken sat down with Street Sense vendor Ken Martin to discuss homelessness, gentrification and Bill Maher.

Play written by Street Sense vendor and artist, Ivory Wilson.

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On June 16, forty youth from New York, Atlantic City, Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. joined together at the…

Charles Gladden works as a dishwasher and janitor at the cafeterias in the U.S. Senate buildings,  making $11 an hour. …

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, I had no understanding of healthcare. I didn’t understand what…

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