A series of overdose spikes across D.C. this summer has prompted harm reduction advocates to call for expanded drug checking.
The District has closed 98 encampments through July, an increase from the same period in 2025, during which D.C. closed 50 encampments.
Though employment is viewed as a path out of homelessness, challenges like transportation barriers can still make it hard to ...
D.C. is scaling back Rapid Rehousing. Advocates argue the program leaves families without stable housing or enough income to ...
Erica Downing offers a firsthand reflection on the issues and policies covered at the 2026 National Alliance to End ...
Metro's Crisis Intervention Team offers assistance to riders experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health episodes ...
Street Sense vendor Lillie Thomas II takes readers on a journey through her spiritual beliefs and observations.
The 2026 National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) Conference marked my sixteenth year in attendance. While we have come a long way in programs attempting to address the needs of people suffering ...
The sunrise for me was in the early ‘60s; I woke up in a time when there was a revolution around. Even though the revolution ...
Kimberley Shattuck is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.
Michele Helies is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.
Marquis Savant is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.
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