How Housing Activists Took On Philadelphia and Won
Co-published with The New Republic. In a city with thousands of vacant homes, families are still homeless. Jennifer Bennetch decided to do something about it.
Injectable Medication Shows Promise for Anchorage’s Homeless Alcoholics
Co-published with the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Public Media. Addiction experts think with wider use, Vivitrol has the potential to reduce the number …
How Did You Sleep Last Night? Darin Mann, Salt Lake City.
Co-published with Slate. In January 2019, approximately 2,800 people were experiencing homelessness on any given day in Utah. But that was before the pandemic, in which millions of …
For Years, I’ve Tried To Work My Way Back Into the Middle Class
Co-published with MIT Technology Review. What I’ve learned: self-acceptance is the first difficult step.
Asking People One at a Time: How Did You Sleep Last Night?
Co-published with Slate. Priscilla Purvis is one of tens of millions of Americans who are struggling with financial insecurity and sleeplessness during the pandemic.
How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness
Co-published with The Nation. For months, our leaders have known that the Covid-19 crisis could force millions of people from their homes. They decided to let it …
Landlords Evict Hundreds of Utah Renters Each Month Despite Federal Ban
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Landlords use loopholes, lack of enforcement to ignore eviction bans. Legal help …
Why I Check the “Black” Box
Co-published with Slate. I learned racial ambiguity was not something I could afford.
New ‘Hotel of Healing’ Planned for Homeless in Escondido, California
Co-published with KPBS. With our support, KPBS North County reporter Tania Thorne takes us to a motel in Escondido, California, that will soon be a place of …
No Standing, No Stopping, No Parking
Co-published with Believer Magazine. If you’re considering van-dwelling in the city, here are some of the rules I adopted over the years to make it work.
Homeless in a Pandemic: The Housing Poetry of Jennifer Fitzgerald
Co-published with Literary Hub. Poet Jen Fitzgerald chronicles her struggle with housing insecurity in a series of stunning fact-based poems and personal images.
COVID-19 Halts Employment Program at Oklahoma State University
Co-published with The Oklahoman. A floral design program at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City that was created to help homeless and low-income residents find employment has been …