McKinney-Vento turns 25; homelessness still grows By Paul Boden, Contributing Columnist Passed in 1987, McKenny-Vento was intended to address the emergency needs of homeless people while the federal government worked to restore the funding which had been ...
16 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Fed up with housing policy By Paul Boden, Contributing Columnist More than 1.46 million households are currently living on less than $2 a day per person in the wealthiest country in the world, more than double what it was in 1996. This shameful fact has h ...
6 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Criminalizing the homeless costs us all By Paul Boden, Contributing Writer The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to jo ...
1 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
We dare you to look inside HUD's budget cuts! While the Obama Administration continues to tout ending homelessness, the realities speak for themselves. Our partners at the Western Regional Advocacy Project based in San Fransisco have come up with a U ...
21 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
The Occupy Homeless Movement From the artist, Ronnie Goodman: “The print I call The Occupy Homeless Movement is about the persecution of being homeless. It’s also about my life having to deal with rats and bedbugs that you may encounter being homeless. Bu ...
30 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Reflections from the frontlines, armed with empowerment The Great American TARP Tour was a session of workshops and demonstrations organized by the Western Regional Advocacy Project. Volunteers and staff from Street Roots and Sisters of the Road participa ...
15 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
‘Hobos to Street People’ chronicles art of the oppressed [caption id="attachment_5806" align="alignnone" width="357" caption="Brother can you spare a dime” 1933/36 by Albert Potter"] [/caption] From the Western Regi ...
14 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
The time doesn’t fit the crime on the streets By Paul Boden, Contributing Writer The Western Regional Advocacy Project has been documenting the increases of mentally ill people in local jails as a result of diminished funding for mental health treatment a ...
19 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Shake off that turkey stupor Friday morning with a brisk walk to your local neighborhood Street Roots vendor and pick up a copy of the city’s best independent newspaper. Here’s what’s on the press right now: Case unclosed: Amanda Waldroupe r ...
24 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Homelessness, by the book Understanding three decades of homeless-creating policy and what we can all do to change it By Israel Bayer and Monica Beemer It’s hard to cut through the never-ending news cycles that bombard us daily to deliver a message. If yo ...
28 Jul 2010 - Street Roots