Vendor Andrew Anderson looks back on the history of the Pride movement and those who sacrificed so others could have rights.

Housing as both a tradeable commodity and a fundamental human right, challenging government roles and systemic inequities.

Dominique Anthony shares her journey with HIV, the support from The Women’s Collective, and lessons in resilience and self-care.

Wendy Brown reflects on homelessness, urban development promises near RFK Stadium, and the slow path back to stability and employment.

Systemic rape culture, military silence, and global legal failures, demanding justice, accountability, and true societal change.

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Street Sense was honored to receive five awards from the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Budget season is in full swing, and, like in past years, the D.C. Council has a different vision for the city’s fiscal future ...

Repeated encampment closures at MLK Library displaced at least a dozen people and closed one of the last places to sleep ...

Repeated encampment closures at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library displaced at least a dozen people in the last month and closed one of the last places people regularly sleep outside ...

As I look up, in the door comes walking Sheila White! To read the sad and cheerful refrain of this sonnet!

A move away from housing first solutions for homelessness. Further criminalization of sleeping outdoors. Cuts to housing programs. These are some of the changes advocates and people experiencing ...