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Swollen Legs and the Homeless
A Typical Health Issue When People Sleep in a Sitting Position Rather than Lying Down
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Thomas Hansen
Review of Film “Stone Pillow,” 1985. Starring Lucille Ball and Daphne Zuniga. Directed by George Schaefer, USA.
The movie is brilliant in how the world of the homeless is depicted.
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Thomas Hansen
"I Am Vince: Ten Days in my Life as I Fight Homelessness and Addiction," Speak Up, January 26, 2022. Reprinted in toto with permission.
By *Vince Shumate, Guest Storyteller from Speak Up
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What Do Migrants Want?
Talking with Luis and Others
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Thomas Hansen
Call to Action!
Rescuing the Rescued
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Thomas Hansen
Review of film “7 soles” (Engl. “7 Suns”), 2008, Starring Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Luis Ávila & Angelina Sosa. Written & directed by Pedro…
What Migrants Go through to Get Here
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Thomas Hansen
Red Line Trains: Unsafe at Any Speed?
Jessika Bialak, reporter in Evanston
Namrud Negashi: A True Defender of the Homeless
By Stephen Wilson, one of our reporters abroad
A Disquieting Voice: The Scottish Poet Edwin Muir
By Stephen Wilson, one of our reporters abroad
Seeing Red on the Train
By Jessika Bialak, our reporter in Evanston
Review of “Homelessness and Mental Health,” edited by João Mauricio Castadelli-Maia, Antonio Ventriglio, and Dinesh Bhugra, 2022. Oxford…
Mental illness can cause homelessness; and homelessness can cause mental illness.
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Thomas Hansen
Beggars Portrayed in Russian Art
By Stephen Wilson, one of our reporters abroad
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