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Tag: homelessness

**FILE** Throughout the city last year, the District of Columbia cleared several encampments where more than 100 people lived and established "no camping zones" to prevent people from moving back to tent cities. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Advocate Explains Much Larger Picture in Murders of Homeless Men

by Sam P.K. Collins March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

For Reginald Black, the recent assault and murder of unhoused men in D.C. and New York has further brought to light the reality of homelessness in the U.S. and what must be done to guarantee truly affordable housing for every District resident.

The homeless crisis in New York is the worse since the Great Depression of the 1930s. (iStock via GSU)
Posted inNational

Blacks Hit Hardest as NYC’s Homeless Population Grows Amid Mental Health Crisis

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Crimes against the homeless continue to increase. (Courtesy of daveynin via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

Violent Crimes Against the Homeless Have Worsened During Pandemic

by Stacy M. Brown February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
girl s white and gray crew neck top holding gray wire fence
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Caring for Children This Holiday Season

by Marian Wright Edelman December 21, 2021December 22, 2021
Courtesy photo
Posted inCommunity

Struggles Faced by District’s Homeless Citizens Return to the Spotlight

by Sam P.K. Collins October 6, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inViewpoints

VIEWPOINTS

by WI Guest Author September 29, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

CHAVIS: Fixing NYC’s Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority

by Dr. Benamin F. Chavis, Jr. September 8, 2021December 21, 2021
Cori Bush
Posted inOpinion

MALVEAUX: Rep. Cori Bush is My Shero

by WI Guest Author August 4, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Bowser’s ‘Homeward DC 2.0’ Plan Takes Aim at Homelessness in City

by WI Guest Author July 13, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inPolitics

HUD Earmarks $5 Billion to Help the Homeless

by Stacy M. Brown May 17, 2021December 21, 2021

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