While I was volunteering at an Irish homelessness service called Dublin Simon Community a couple of years ago, I helped…
The city of Minneapolis is accused of violating the constitutional rights of people who are homeless in a lawsuit filed…
On September 25, Philadelphia housing activists declared victory in their months-long campaign to achieve community control of city-owned vacant properties…
When it comes reducing the risks and harms of COVID-19 faced by unhoused people, public health and human rights officials…
In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic has hit marginalized people who use drugs the hardest. Harm reduction facilities have been…
The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal four-month moratorium on evictions expired. It…
If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps back,” might be rejected as overly…
Just before we went into lockdown, I visited Sanctuary, a homelessness organization in Toronto, to interview people with experience of…
Since George Floyd was horrifically murdered by Minneapolis cops on May 25, events have unfolded dramatically, and amid worldwide protests,…
Amid growing calls by 2020 Uprising protestors to #DefundNYPD, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is slated to expand its…