Tiny, Author at 48 hills

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For unhoused people, every day is an emergency

October 31, 2019

“We can’t take all that shit with us in this one hefty bag…” “But mama, this is my favorite pair of jeans.” “I don’t give a...

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An open letter to Marc Benioff about homelessness

September 24, 2019

Dear Marc Benioff: A few months ago you announced the launch of a $30 million study of homelessness: Benioff Homelessness and Housing initiative . As you launch...

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Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness

July 30, 2019

“I am being evicted from the home I was evicted to. I don’t know where to go now. I want to come back to...

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People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

June 24, 2019

"I’m not sure where they are taking us, but I am praying it is safe.” Marta sat in the back of the Greyhound bus near...

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We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

May 22, 2019

“Excuse me, how many of you are sleeping under there?” a nasal voice yelled into the cardboard box my mama and me were sleeping...

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Homeless, at the airport

April 22, 2019

“Get up, you have to move along…did you hear me? It’s time to move along…” The hard wood of the baton slammed against the...

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Homeless people — in cages

March 23, 2019

Here lies the unhoused soldier Killed in the undeclared war on the poor Just tryin to survive outside -- to hide on a bus bench, away from your...

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The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

March 6, 2019

No matter how many times you “sweep” me,“arrest me,” or “study me, it doesn’t give me a home. In 1984, when I was 11 and...

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Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

December 17, 2018

“This (conservatorship law) sounds like slavery to me,” Memphis, houseless poverty skola reporter for POOR Magazine’s RoofLESS radio, reported after a terrifying town hall on...

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Cooking in your car

August 15, 2018

The smell of salt, grease and fried meat filled the air, with just hint of burnt sugar thrown in. My mind wandered to breakfasts...

Tiny

For unhoused people, every day is an emergency

An open letter to Marc Benioff about homelessness

Eviction, elder abuse, and homelessness

People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Homeless, at the airport

Homeless people — in cages

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Cooking in your car

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