The sunrise for me was in the early ‘60s; I woke up in a time when there was a revolution around. Even though the revolution ...

Metro's Crisis Intervention Team offers assistance to riders experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health episodes ...

Though employment is viewed as a path out of homelessness, challenges like transportation barriers can still make it hard to ...

Wendell Williams writes a story about addiction, recovery, and the random acts of kindness that gave him a second chance at life.

Street Sense vendor Lillie Thomas II takes readers on a journey through her spiritual beliefs and observations.

D.C. is scaling back Rapid Rehousing. Advocates argue the program leaves families without stable housing or enough income to ...

Erica Downing offers a firsthand reflection on the issues and policies covered at the 2026 National Alliance to End ...

As D.C.'s MLK Library is enforcing a ban on sleeping under its loggia, advocates warn the policy will only move homelessness ...

Vendor Craig Thompson pens a poem that melds multiple spiritual practices to ask the great question of life: “CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?” ...

The 2026 National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) Conference marked my sixteenth year in attendance. While we have come a long way in programs attempting to address the needs of people suffering ...

Being homeless is hard and causes depression. I was worried about how I was going to take my medication and have somewhere ...