News from Somewhere
Co-published with The Baffler. A growing number of unhoused people are refusing to live on the run, working to stop evictions and to build something lasting where they …
Homelessness in Erie, PA: A Single Mother’s Struggles and Where She Turned for Help
Co-published with Erie News Now. Facing homelessness, an Erie, Pennsylvania woman turned to Community Shelter Services for help.
Finding The Connection Between Trauma And Chronic Homelessness
Co-published with Defector. Greg Turner instinctively answers my question about when his homelessness started, with the earliest memory that he can claim about his life.
Houston Is Hailed as a National Success for Fighting Homelessness. But the Reality Isn’t Quite as Rosy.
Co-published with The New Republic. Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.
I Escaped the Trauma of Homelessness—Only to Face Your White Savior Complex
Co-published with Mother Jones. But I am determined to become something other than your project.
The Bill for My Homelessness Was $54,000
Co-published with The New York Times. Debt is a hidden burden for Americans experiencing homelessness.
Facing Trauma When Your Parent Is Homeless
Co-published with Defector. On the anniversary of her mother’s passing, Autumn Stenberg shares how she continues to cope with “the weight of the responsibility of my mom having …
Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home
Co-published with The Nation. As the pandemic closed down New York City, Fitzgerald found her daughter and herself priced out of a place to live.
37,000 U.S. Veterans Are Homeless. I Was One of Them.
Co-published with Newsweek. So many veterans who leave the tangle of war end up on America's streets, still fighting daily for their survival.
I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Co-published with The Nation. Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused
Co-published with The Nation. Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.
Retail Politics
Co-published with Columbia Journalism Review. A Seattle newspaper models how to cover unhoused people—and puts money in their pockets.