Topic: Homelessness

2021 was another year of tragedy and hardship—and also hope and resilience. In other words: It was Philly.

The favorite bourgeois solution to homelessness won’t solve the problem and reveals sneering class bias, a formerly homeless Philadelphian and City staffer says. Why aren’t we doing what actually works?

Having given more than 8,000 free haircuts to people experiencing homelessness in Philly and beyond, one local father is serving up not just style, but dignity

The volunteer peanut butter and jelly brigade is helping to feed thousands of people throughout the region during the pandemic

An update on professor and activist Stephanie Sena, who is still working to uplift Philadelphians in need of food, shelter and dignity

New Philabundance CEO Loree Jones started her job in the midst of a pandemic and racial protests that roiled the city. She is exactly where she wants to be.

While the City and advocates continue negotiations over the homeless encampment on the Parkway, Denver and New Jersey demonstrate some much-needed new thinking

Lolly Galvin harnesses the power of social media to bring supplies, attention and change to the homeless

In two years, the city eradicated a shameful trend. Here’s how we did it.

Our formerly homeless writer says to leave the moralizing behind