Illustrated Book About Hunger in the US Offers New Ways of Perceiving the Poor
Anti-poverty activist and journalist Pat LaMarche spoke with people in numerous shelters and published some of their recipes.
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New Documentary Looks at ‘Housing First’ Homeless Shelter Model Across American Cities
Housing First offers a systemic response to homelessness that gives people a place to stay with no strings attached.
Migrants Demand Humane Housing as Adams Tries to Revive Tent City Plan
The protesting migrants have been searching for a home for months, sometime years.
How an Eight-Year-Old’s Question Led to a Children’s Book on Homelessness
Kursid Kids is a beautiful fantasy about the elimination of poverty.
Op-Ed: More Control, Less Rent
Tenants deserve far more control of their housing. In the face of attacks on the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, our demands go beyond the protection of rent stabilization.
Mutual Aid Groups Mobilize in Response to Migrant Influx
Ariadna Phillips of South Bronx Mutual Aid/the Mutual Aid Collective tells the NY City Council about the city’s failure to meet the basic needs of migrants.
Homeless Union Launched by NYC Shelter Residents
Its first campaign is to improve the quality of the food they are served
This Month in Eric Adams: The Mayor Extends the Blue Wall of Silence to the Whole of City Government
Adams reverses a de Blasio-era rule requiring top mayoral officials to disclose meetings with lobbyists while his lawyers tutor administration employees in the new omerta.
This Month in Eric Adams: A Fishy Food Story, More Policing and a Taste for Homophobes
In February, NYC’s new mayor flaunted his Trumpish tendencies while presiding over a breathtaking expansion of the police state in New York City.
Homeless New Yorkers Respond to Mayor’s Plan to Boot Them from Subway System
“There’s got to be a better way to handle the situation,” says one homeless man who ended up on the streets following an eviction. “It’s inhumane to not let people sleep in the subway system.”