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Lifestyle
Homeless Running "Hero" Tackles His Biggest Goal: A Full Marathon
Eric Fair lives in a homeless shelter. He's trying to get back on his feet after a history of drugs and prison. So, he runs ... a lot, a whole lot.
Education
Should an Ex-Porn Star Be Allowed to Teach?
In the 1990s, Tera Myers starred in pornographic videos. Now she's a top notch science teacher—who is losing her job because of her past.
Education
Repurposing Abandoned Schools Project Winner: A Farm to Table Urban Food Center
Caroline Hadilaksono turns an abandoned school into an "all-in-one ecosystem" where people can grow, distribute, and enjoy good food. See her design.
Education
Schools Are Helping Devastated Japanese Communities Recover
Students say that getting back to something familiar—school—helps them deal with the stress of living in shelters and having lost loved ones.
Business
Critics of South by Southwest's Homeless Hotspots Haven't Met Jonathan Hill
Despite outrage about the Homeless Hotspots at SXSW, the program's homeless participants and their advocates say it's a positive development.
Culture
Giving Money to the Homeless Might Actually Work
A pilot project in London asked homeless people what would change their lives, and bought it for them. And it really did change their lives.
News
Ever Worked for Better Food? GreatNonprofits Wants Your Reviews
GreatNonprofits and GuideStar want to hear from you about nonprofits that are really making a different when it comes to food.
Issue 005
Getting to Know the Homeless
A graphical breakdown of the Nation's homeless, their backgrounds and demographics.
The Community Board
Join Do1Thing in Helping Homeless Youth
Did you know that there are more homeless people right now than at any other time in America or that more than 1.3 million of them are...
The Community Board
Fauxreel's project on homelessness
This is a great project by street artist Fauxreel called 'The Unaddressed', highlighting the human side of homelessness: http://unurth.com/69793
The Community Board
care not cash
my facebook friends have been brainstorming things to give besides cash to the all too numerous homeless people begging the streets of SF. Many...
Culture
Do You Give Money to Homeless People?
Lifestyle
Staturday: Homeless Veterans
Design by Matthew Manos.
