Tag: homelessness
ACLU Sues Minneapolis for Raiding Encampments of Unhoused People
The city of Minneapolis is accused of violating the constitutional rights of people who ...
Unhoused Philadelphians’ Direct Action Wins 50 City-Squandered Homes
On September 25, Philadelphia housing activists declared victory in their months-long campaign to achieve ...
Rezoning City Land Into Campgrounds? Emergency Homelessness Proposals Amid COVID-19
When it comes reducing the risks and harms of COVID-19 faced by unhoused people, ...
How the Pandemic Hit People Who Use Drugs, in Their Own Words
In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic has hit marginalized people who use drugs the ...
The Political Fight to Avoid an Evictions Catastrophe
The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal ...
Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New
If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps ...
The Pandemic Accelerates the Rise—and Criminalization—of Tent Cities
Just before we went into lockdown, I visited Sanctuary, a homelessness organization in Toronto, ...
“There Is No Naloxone for Racism”—Kassandra Frederique Speaks Out
Since George Floyd was horrifically murdered by Minneapolis cops on May 25, events have ...
NYPD to Grow Its Homeless Outreach, Amid Social Service Agency Cuts
Amid growing calls by 2020 Uprising protestors to #DefundNYPD, the New York Police Department ...
Formerly Unhoused Bronx Congress Candidate Vows to Fight for Drug Users
Samelys López knows first-hand the inadequacy of New York City’s—and the nation’s—approach to housing. ...
