People Who Feed People

A few days ago it was announced that in Knoxville, Tenn., a teen group is passing out something that people need even more than food—drinking water. They are participating in the Win Our World program, which only lasts for a week, but, with any luck, plants the seeds...

The Exploitation that Turned Out Not to Be

Tampa Last fall, Will Hobson wrote about one of the most extensive homeless programs in Tampa, Florida, and its connection to large public sports events: For years, New Beginnings founder and CEO Tom Atchison has sent his unpaid homeless labor crews to work...

Homeless Exploitation Comes in All Sizes

A Vintage April Fools Day Meme if u are homeless ill let you stay with me in exchange of helping me run my business.. I have a recording studio in my apartment so i will teach you how Mature professional gentleman (35) seeks a very mature homeless female for a Serious...

How to Become Homeless: Be a Puerto Rican Addict

“Como Se Dice ‘Not It’?” is a prime example of why the public radio series This American Life is famous. A chance meeting with a street person led Chicago newspaper editor Adriana Cardona to uncover an astonishing story that leaves numerous questions to be...

The Economics of SNAP

A government website enumerates the SNAP (Food Stamp) Program rights of people experiencing homelessness.(“Food Support” is the term some states use, and others have their own individual monikers like Wisconsin’s FoodShare, Vermont’s 3SquaresVT, and of...