by Zach Dawes Jr | May 24, 2023 | Feature-, News
Homelessness in the U.S. increased for the seventh straight year, according to an annual report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness published May 16. There were 582,462 unhoused people accounted for during the January 2022 point-in-time count conducted by...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 27, 2022 | Opinion
Every preacher should be so lucky as to get in the rotation for guest ministers at a non-denominational beach chapel. Holden Beach Chapel is my happy spot, a beautiful chapel on a barrier island on North Carolina’s southern coast. Once each year, usually in April, I...
by Alyssa Aldape | Aug 6, 2021 | Opinion
A Black woman has saved us once again. The moratorium on evictions in the U.S. expired at midnight on July 31, and Congress had no plans to resolve the issue before their six-week break. While life post-vaccine has returned to a sort of normal, the pandemic is not...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 30, 2021 | News
More than half a million people in the U.S. were homeless in early January 2020, according to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report published last month. The 580,466 people counted during HUD’s annual point-in-time assessment is a 2.2% (12,751-person) rise...
by Sue Smith | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
“Can you help?” she asked. “We’ve just moved to the US, and my 75-year-old mom needs to find a primary care provider so that she can get new prescriptions for her medications.” Our contact with migrant families often begins with a specific request for assistance. And...