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Society Has Tried Everything. The Truth Behind Why Systems Keep Failing.

Economic Justice, Policy & Legislation / Hot's N Cot's

We have tried everything. We have tried punishing poverty — criminalizing sleeping outside, loitering, panhandling. We have tried ignoring it — cutting budgets, closing shelters, dismantling public housing. We have tried managing it — warehousing people in congregate shelters with 200 strangers and a 10 PM curfew. We have tried studying it — commissioning reports, […]

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The Stigma Is Killing More People Than the Disease

Somewhere in America right now, a person is deciding not to get help. Not because help isn’t available. Not because they don’t need it. But because the moment they walk through that door, they become something in other people’s eyes — something they can’t take back. Something that will follow them into job interviews, custody

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Healthcare Is Not a Privilege. It Is What It Means to Be Human.

Health Equity, Policy & Legislation / Hot's N Cot's

In 2022, a 35-year-old man in Birmingham named Marcus went to the emergency room with chest pain. He sat in the waiting room for six hours, left without being seen because he couldn’t afford to miss another shift, and died of a heart attack three weeks later. He was uninsured. He had been, for most

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How Washington’s Decisions Are Putting Regular People on the Street

Housing & Homelessness, Policy & Legislation / Hot's N Cot's

In 2023, the United States saw its largest single-year increase in homelessness since tracking began. Over 650,000 people were counted as homeless on a single night — a number that experts agree dramatically undercounts the reality. Behind that statistic are hundreds of thousands of people who, six months earlier, had never been unhoused. They had

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Your Benefits Aren’t Charity. They’re Income. Here’s How to Build With Them.

Economic Justice, Housing & Homelessness / Hot's N Cot's

Most people treat supplemental programs like emergency exits. They’re actually building blocks — if you know how to stack them.

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Homelessness is a multi-faceted problem, there are a whole lot of problems that spin-off of that. Problems that affect our city and state budgets, our city atmosphere. The problem is being stuck in a dependent relationship with the government because you are below the poverty line. The problems come with being harassed because you are

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Turning your emergency donation into instant aid

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Partnering to create a community

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