homelessness
December 4, 2020 -
Victoria Bowden, 25, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, shares her and other young people's difficult experiences trying to get by during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a graduate student intern with the Southern Economic Advancement Project, she offers practical ideas for fixing the systems that put young Southerners at risk of heavy debt, poverty, homelessness, and mental illness.
April 7, 2020 -
Southern states are among those with the nation's highest rates of homelessness. Some places in the region are taking targeted action to protect the unhoused, who are particularly vulnerable to the novel coronavirus.
September 27, 2019 -
Local elected officials in the South are creating programs to address growing numbers of homeless people and the broader affordable housing crisis.
September 18, 2014 -
Homeless men were bused to a public hearing on fracking in western North Carolina to boost the appearance of support for the controversial drilling technique. The men were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the name of the N.C. Energy Coalition, a front for big oil and gas interests.
December 1, 1994 -
Can community-based economic development come from the bottom up, or does it always have to look at the bottom line?
March 1, 1991 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 19 No. 1, "The Golden Child." Find more from that issue here. …
November 1, 1987 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 15 No.
