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Service Spotlight: Bread for the City

The Interfaith Conference (IFC) aims to promote dialogue, understanding and a sense of community among persons of diverse faiths and to work cooperatively for social and economic justice in metropolitan Washington, D.C.

Freedom Freed

Freedom, freedom, freedom songs freedom, freedom so many men long for what is freedom? is it just a word in a song is it a… Read more »

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Author Thomas Frank Speaks on the Politics of Self-Destruction

In his best-selling book, What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives won the Heart of America, author Thomas Frank – editor of the sharp-witted Baffler, a small-press magazine based in Chicago – argues the working class used to vote Democratic but started crossing over with the rise of Christian fundamentalism and its “inverted class war.” 

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What Our Readers Are Saying

Want to jump-start your day right? Stop by 18th and K streets and talk to Alexander Archer, a Street Sense vendor. What a great guy.  

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Street Success: From Addiction to Salvation

Mother Teresa once said, “The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”

Visiting "Martha's Table" center for homeless adults and children, President George W. Bush talks with volunteer Connie Jeremiah December 20. The president helped pack sandwiches into carrying crates at the center which has been providing food to the hungry since 1980.

HUD Ups Homeless Funding

An article about an increase in homeless funding from the government and its potential consequences.