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A Life Without a Home: Voices from the tents, shelters, cars, motels
and couches of America.
The New York Times, Feb, 21st 2024
A record number of people across the country are experiencing homelessness: the federal government’s annual tally last year revealed the highest numbers of unsheltered people since the count began in 2007. Politicians and policymakers are grappling with what can be done. But the people who are actually experiencing homelessness are rarely part of the conversation.
Lori Teresa Yearwood, a journalist who lived through years of homelessness, spoke of the ways we discount those without shelter. (...)