homelessness

The Right-Wing Backlash to Harm Reduction in Canada

To harm reductionists in the United States, Canada can sound like a bastion of progressive, evidence-based drug policies. Naloxone is…

July 11, 2023

ACLU Fights to Stop Sweeps Against Unhoused People in Phoenix

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona, over its homelessness policies. The ACLU is…

May 24, 2023

San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction

A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, as the city is accused of…

January 11, 2023

São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”

Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout Brazilian towns and cities since the…

January 9, 2023

There Are Overdoses in My Shelter Every Day. I Feel Trapped Here.

On average, I'd say there are two to three overdoses inside my shelter every day. All the staff carry Narcan,…

December 8, 2022

Managed Alcohol Programs Offer Harm Reduction to Unhoused People

It’s a bitterly cold day in Montreal. The snow is falling in thick, cartoonish flakes, relentless winds have dropped the…

December 6, 2022

The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs

Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at work. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), as they're…

November 17, 2022

Prisoners Without Cells or Beds Are Sleeping Outside in Georgia

Many effects of the understaffing crisis within the Georgia Department of Corrections have been well-documented, if not actually addressed. Trans…

October 17, 2022

In Barcelona, Metzineres Creates a Social Model That “Fits Very Well”

Metzineres is a community for womxn using drugs and surviving violence in Barcelona. The “x” in the word womxn intentionally…

October 4, 2022

Santa Monica Lawmakers Bid to Stop Syringe Distribution in Parks

Lawmakers in Santa Monica, California are trying to stop sterile syringe distribution in public parks,  restricting it largely to brick-and-mortar…

September 13, 2022