Homeless in a Big City
By: Antion Williams-Brown Large cities like New York have a large percentage of homeless people. In 2019 the largest estimated rate of...
Hostile Architecture
By Dearra Schumichen For most, a public bench is used to wait for the bus or to take a break from a long walk. For the homeless, a bench,...
The Problem with Hostile Design
Hostile design, also known as defensive architecture, is an urban-design strategy that deters and restricts people from ‘abusing’ certain...
The Homeless and the Census
by Andrew Stahl With the 2020 census upon us, taking a look at the track record of the census for counting the homeless, and examining...
One Hidden Effect of COVID-19 on Homeless: Nowhere to Use the Bathroom
by Andrew Stahl On Skid Row, home to an estimated 8,500 homeless, city officials installed a mere 6 hand washing stations following the...
My Conversation with A Homeless
Blog by: Yasmine Toure It’s important to talk about what we learn in class or thanks to Internet; however, there is nothing more...
Stand Up Against Injustice
Blog by: Alexandra "Alex" Howe The tides of change have been flowing with incredible force lately, but not everyone who has been...
Homeless Stories: Then and Now
Allison Armijo It’s not that they made it out alive. It’s that they have tangible evidence of the misconceptions plaguing the homeless...
The Global Statistics of Homelessness
Stephanie Stinnett It should come as no surprise that homelessness is an ever-growing problem in our country. In fact, in some cities the...
