The Man Who Lived in a Hole in Hampstead Heath By Krista Stevens Highlight “He knew there were a lot of people just like him, irregularly employed, regulars in pubs, the owners of passports and phones and all the right charger leads, only with nowhere stable to live.”
Rural California Feeds the Nation, But Too Many Rural Residents Can’t Feed and House Themselves By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In a fertile valley that boats an $8 billion agricultural economy, the people who work the fields and in processing plants rarely enjoy the economic security that the fields’ corporate owners do.
Not Homeless Enough for Assistance, But Still Without a Home By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The working homeless exist in a modern purgatory.
Keeping the Focus on the People: An Interview with Joe Kloc By Aaron Gilbreath Feature It took eight years to write the story of Richardson Bay’s boat community, known as the anchor-outs.
Zuckerberg’s Trash Is a Subculture’s Treasure By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight An entire subculture of Bay Area residents survives by reselling wealthy residents’ trash.
The Indignities of Poverty, Compounded by the Requirement to Prove It By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her debut memoir, Stephanie Land recalls being poor, and moving with her young daughter from a homeless shelter to transitional housing.
Pay the Homeless By Bryce Covert Feature It’s time to end the pernicious myth that giving money directly to panhandlers won’t help them.
The Return and Disappearance of Football Star Jackie Wallace By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Football star Jackie Wallace’s life has taken him from the Super Bowl to the homeless camps of New Orleans, and he’s missing once again.
Homelessness and Colorado’s Public Lands By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Illegal encampments on Colorado’s public lands are creating unsafe conditions for locals and damaging the land with trash.
Who Benefits from Homeless Relocation Programs? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Many American cities offer the homeless free bus tickets to move somewhere, but do these relocation programs do vunerable populations more harm than good?
Trans, Homeless, and Turning Tricks to Survive By Krista Stevens Highlight Homeless trans teens: America’s most vulnerable population.
The Price of Tuition-Free College By Catherine Cusick Highlight Tuition-free college is a reality in California. The catch is that eligible students can’t always afford rent, food, or books.
New York City’s Housing Emergency By Catherine Cusick Highlight New York City is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
From a Hawk to a Dove By Ray Cocks Feature Vietnam Veteran Ray Cocks, who’d eagerly enlisted in 1967, was forever changed by the realities of war.
How Homelessness Looks in the Tech Boom By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In the New Republic, Monica Potts profiles an elderly couple who lived in their van while searching for affordable housing, and portrays the hostilities and NIMBYism that Silicon Valley’s homeless face, as well as the social services available to them.
Going Underground into New York’s Tunnels: A Glimpse at Life in the Dark By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight At Narratively, Anthony Taille goes underground into New York’s tunnels to tell the stories of the legendary Mole People.
A San Francisco Story By Longreads Feature Princess Anastasia was homeless, and lived and died in the Castro. Two different families piece together a life.
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