A Street Sense vendor on their time at the annual Lived Experience Leadership Conference run by The National Coalition for ...

Homelessness rates for LGBTQ+ youth are rising, but D.C.'s Wanda Alston foundation is stepping up with housing.

A Thanksgiving message expressing gratitude to supporters amid personal hardship, thanking customers and managers for ongoing kindness.

A poetic reflection on hope, compassion, unity, and building a better future through generosity, empathy, and care for one another.

A poetic reminder that nature provides what we need—sun, water, life, resilience—and that its sustaining gifts endure.

A reflection on improving support for homeless individuals, calling for safe guidance, pro bono legal help, and equitable system navigation.

A wide-ranging look at werewolf folklore, global shapeshifter myths, medical explanations, and the cultural history behind it ...

When the federal government reopened, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) quietly unveiled a major shift in how it plans to fund homelessness programs — a change that could reshape ...

Seems like only just yesteryear I was buying fat sacks of weed from the various strips around town. I recall one rainy afternoon of fighting off boredom I ventured out in search. It was a pretty good ...

This article is part of Street Sense’s 2025 contribution to the D.C. Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. The collective works will be published throughout ...

The D.C. Council voted to uproot longstanding tenant protections to help spur affordable housing investment in the District at a meeting on Sept. 17. The council voted 10-3 to approve an amended ...

Three weeks into the federal government’s crackdown on visible homelessness and crime in D.C., an impromptu count of people experiencing homelessness found hundreds of people are still living outside ...