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Street Sense was honored to receive five awards from the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Budget season is in full swing, and, like in past years, the D.C. Council has a different vision for the city’s fiscal future ...

Repeated encampment closures at MLK Library displaced at least a dozen people and closed one of the last places to sleep ...

Summer 2025 [email protected] Jelina is a Chinese-American photographer and videographer from the Bay Area. She ...

As I look up, in the door comes walking Sheila White! To read the sad and cheerful refrain of this sonnet!

When Ronnie Harris first entered foster care at 12 years old, she was certain she would be adopted. But, in what felt like no time at all, foster care swallowed her teenage years. The system jerked ...

If D.C. were a state, it would be the state with the highest concentration of homelessness, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).. But the report ...

D oug had a housing voucher, but he was still sleeping outside.. Three days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, he boarded a train to D.C. on the promise of a job. When he arrived, he learned his start ...

The District’s minimum wage of $17 an hour highlights that when working full-time, the earned gross income is still just $35,360. With our social safety net in tatters, and the need for social ...

The lack of affordable housing is a national crisis for everyone: college students, the working poor, lower- and middle-class individuals experiencing unexpected catastrophes, and people on fixed ...

For people experiencing homelessness, it’s not only finding a bed for the night that poses a challenge: finding a safe place to spend time during the day can feel nearly impossible, especially as D.C.