Rev. Donald Davis reflects on returning to Street Sense after a challenging trip to Texas. Grateful to be back home.

A year after SCOTUS ruling, advocates say criminalizing homelessness worsens housing crisis and cuts key support programs.

Christmas Eve in Salzburg, snow-capped beauty, tourist chaos, and dislike of The Sound of Music in this humorous and ...

Longtime homelessness advocate and lawyer Maria Foscarinis’ new book, “And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness in ...

Landlords, city officials, and housing advocates debate how public policy impacts affordable housing for better or worse.

Sustainability can come with a daunting price tag, but a local program says it can help Washingtonians reduce their ...

Vennie Marie Hill, a writer, singer, friend, and Street Sense vendor, died Feb. 26. She was 55.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is expected to release her fiscal year 2022 budget proposal on May 27; although the D.C. Council will amend it before it becomes law, Bowser’s proposed budget will be an ...

Street Sense Media produces journalism, film, theater, photography, audio, illustration, and more, all for the purpose of providing economic opportunity for and elevating the voices of people with ...

The Michael A. Stoops Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act, named after the homelessness advocate and board member of Street Sense who died in 2017, stalled out in the D.C. Council for the second time as ...

From film screenings to theatre performances, we regularly host multimedia events that showcase the incredible work of our artist/vendors. Event volunteers are a critical cog in helping these events ...

When Ronnie Harris first entered foster care at 12 years old, she was certain she would be adopted. But, in what felt like no time at all, foster care swallowed her teenage years. The system jerked ...