
“First we saw that people were homeless and needed a place to stay. Then we saw that they were hungry and they needed food. Then we figured out that people needed permanent housing. And then jobs.”
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials
“First we saw that people were homeless and needed a place to stay. Then we saw that they were hungry and they needed food. Then we figured out that people needed permanent housing. And then jobs.”
Written by KAREN MORALES Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
From Martha’s Vineyard to Boston to Los Angeles, the small home movement struggles for acceptance at the end of the road
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS
"They are the faces of the “displacement crisis."
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS
Focusing on overcrowding in this arguably discriminatory fashion hurts students who can hardly afford rent to begin with
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
With such precedents in mind, it’s important to keep watch as younger actions blossom, and as veteran activists find new direction.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
If you lived here, you’d be homeless by now.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Regardless of some blessed future prospect, the temporary truth is that the closing of Long Island is a nightmare.
As the weather cools, it's more important than ever to keep up on the plight of Boston's homeless, many of whom relied on services provided at the Long Island Shelter, which has now been closed for more than a month due to bridge infrastructure issues.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS
Given the opportunity to publicly address the grievances leveled against him, City Realty Co-Owner Steve Whalen stood at the microphone, pulled his pants down, and covered the entire chamber in a diarrhea tsunami.