Feb. 1 marks the fourth month of Occupy DC, but with encampents in other cities closing, what does the future hold for Liberty Plaza?
Content categorized as Income Inequality
Holding out for Spring
Finding Dwight
For 22 hours straight we rode from
Minnesota to D.C., hoping that if
enough members of the 99 percent
came, we could have an impact on our
nation’s capital.
Unfinished Business
On Jan. 16, over 75 community and student volunteers, mostly young adults in their 20s and early 30s, found them- selves living by those words – spoken by the great Indian pacifist leader Mahatma Gandhi. They spent the Martin Luther King, Jr.(MLK) Day of Service, painting such inspirational quotes as well as bright images in the hallways of Tyler Elementary School in Southeast.
MEET OUR NEW DIRECTOR: BRIAN CAROME
In November, Brian Carome joined the staff of Street Sense as the new executive director. He arrives with more than 20 years of senior and executive management experience at local nonprofit social service organizations. Previously, he served as executive director at Housing Opportunities for Women, Project Northstar and A-SPAN.
Not a Cyber Christmas
A poem about Christmas and consumerism
The Barnyard Standoff
Jeffery McNeil gives his opinion on the Occupy Wall Street movement.
New Bricks for Bread for the City
Friends, neighbors and supporters of Bread for the City gathered on January 7 to dedicate a sparkling, newly-expanded center that more than doubles the size… Read more »
Through A Vendor’s Eyes: Donald Brooks
I watch every day as people pass me by, without any acknowledgment of me.
One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance
The United States is the only major industrial nation that has no health care system for its citizens. The result is that 43 million Americans lack guaranteed access to essential health services.
Voices of Africa’s Poor Heard by World Leaders
The views and experiences of millions of people living in poverty in Africa will be heard by the leaders of the world’s richest countries as part of a new project by the campaign group ActionAid.
Advantages of the Human Rights Approach to Housing
The international sections of major U.S. newspapers are filled with stories of human rights abuses in Sudan, Rwanda and other faraway countries. Readers are frequently appalled by these accounts of malnutrition and hunger, unsafe living conditions and daily struggles to survive. But what many of those readers fail to realize is that human rights abuses are not just a third world phenomenon – in fact, they occur regularly in American cities, on our own neighborhoods and streets.
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time
Jeffrey Sachs has a critical and ambitious project: to end global poverty by 2025
Who Really Cares?
Who cares about the homeless who live on the streets, When they’re living in security, with a home full of heat.
Just Like You
When you see a homeless person on the street, Do you offer them something to eat?
A Living Wage: From Campuses to Colleges
For nine days in March, 26 Georgetown University students went hungry to demand a living wage for university employees.
What Our Readers Are Saying
Bewildered by the Numbers Your paper is very well written and interesting for a community newspaper. I am a public policy grad student at GW… Read more »
Hot DC Housing Market Means Less Affordable Housing
It’s no secret that area housing prices have soared over the past few years. Numerous studies of the region’s real estate market document an increase in housing costs of roughly 25% in the last year. And anyone who has been apartment hunting lately will back up those figures.
Politician, Civil Rights Leader and Reverend: Walter Fauntroy Speaks on Social Issues
An interview of former Congressman and Reverand Walter E. Faunteroy on social issues affecting America.
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