Though employment is viewed as a path out of homelessness, challenges like transportation barriers can still make it hard 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 ...

D.C. is scaling back Rapid Rehousing. Advocates argue the program leaves families without stable housing or enough income to ...

As D.C.'s MLK Library is enforcing a ban on sleeping under its loggia, advocates warn the policy will only move homelessness ...

Street Sense vendor Lillie Thomas II takes readers on a journey through her spiritual beliefs and observations.

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 ...

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 ...

Wendell Williams writes a story about addiction, recovery, and the random acts of kindness that gave him a second chance at ...

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.