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How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own

by dbs | Aug 14, 2022 | Homelessness

The nation’s fourth-largest city hasn’t solved homelessness, but its remarkable progress can suggest a way forward. One steamy morning last July, Ana Rausch commandeered a shady corner of a parking lot on the northwest side of Houston. Downing a jumbo iced coffee, she...

Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

by dbs | Aug 14, 2022 | Homelessness

Christ House was one of the first medical respite centers, and it’s now one of 133 programs spread across 37 states and Washington D.C. They all offer homeless people a safe place to recover from surgery or other acute illness, learn to manage a chronic...

MLK Library Friends Sponsors DC Punk Rooftop Shows

by dbs | Aug 9, 2022 | Activities, Misc-Articles, MLK-Library-Friends

The DC Punk Archive presents a summer series of rooftop shows featuring local bands. This series is sponsored by the MLK Library Friends. Join us Wednesday, August 10, 6:30pm – 8:00pm. We will be selling MLK Library Friends T-shirts! Come buy an MLKLF T-shirt...

DCPL Free Online databases and Newspapers (unblock paywalls)

by dbs | Aug 9, 2022 | Misc-Articles, Newsletters

DCPL Opens Access to Newspapers DCPL offers access to many online third-party databases (including newspapers). A valid DCPL Library Card, email, and/or a registration may be required. Available Newspaper services: National Newspaper Core Requires NO Registration and...

Trump’s Grotesque Plan to ‘End Homelessness’ Is Already Mainstream Policy

by dbs | Jul 31, 2022 | Homelessness

“The only way you’re going to remove the hundreds of thousands of people, and maybe, throughout our nation, millions of people … and help make our cities clean, safe and beautiful again,” Donald Trump said this week at a quasi-homecoming rally in D.C., “is to open up...
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