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  1. After months of budget fights, one victor emerges: Rhetoric

    After months of budget fights, one victor emerges: Rhetoric By Heather Lyons, Contributing Columnist Last week when Democrats and Republicans in Congress were out-press-conferencing each other on who was more fiscally competent and who cared more about th ...

    25 Apr 2011 - Street Roots

  2. Power comes from within, but a splash of color never hurt

    Power comes from within, but a splash of color never hurt By Heather Lyons Contributing Columnist A couple of weeks ago, I visited a project on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Downtown Women’s Center is a Day Center and residence with 47 units of permanent suppo ...

    14 Sep 2010 - Street Roots

  3. Political rhetoric aside, the progress (for homelessness) is in the planning

    Political rhetoric aside, the progress (for homelessness) is in the planning By Heather Lyons, Contributing Columnist The National Alliance to End Homelessness held its annual conference a few weeks ago. Usually, that conference is jam packed with smart p ...

    12 Aug 2010 - Street Roots

  4. Commentary: The bad habits have to go

    Commentary: The bad habits have to go By Heather Lyons Contributing Writer I’ve spent a lot of time looking at spreadsheets lately. These spreadsheets attempt to quantify programmatic need and calculate the resources necessary to develop permanent support ...

    23 Apr 2010 - Street Roots

  5. Our full potential lies beyond the bias — and ignorance

    Our full potential lies beyond the bias — and ignorance I only thought these people existed on television, in certain areas of the country, and, in the spirit of full disclosure, in parts of my family. Certainly, not in liberal-loving, alternative-transpo ...

    3 Feb 2010 - Street Roots

  6. City’s model status shouldn’t mean we rest on our laurels

    City’s model status shouldn’t mean we rest on our laurels To the surprise of many, ending homelessness has become an accepted policy in communities across the country — one that has had many successes, and, to be fair, a few failures along the way. While ...

    7 Jan 2010 - Street Roots

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