Tag: homelessness
The Right-Wing Backlash to Harm Reduction in Canada
To harm reductionists in the United States, Canada can sound like a bastion of ...
ACLU Fights to Stop Sweeps Against Unhoused People in Phoenix
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona, over ...
San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction
A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Managed Alcohol Programs Offer Harm Reduction to Unhoused People
It’s a bitterly cold day in Montreal. The snow is falling in thick, cartoonish ...
The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at ...
Prisoners Without Cells or Beds Are Sleeping Outside in Georgia
Many effects of the understaffing crisis within the Georgia Department of Corrections have been ...
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 ...
Santa Monica Lawmakers Bid to Stop Syringe Distribution in Parks
Lawmakers in Santa Monica, California are trying to stop sterile syringe distribution in public ...
