Senator Robert Byrd, Homeless Advocate Too!
By Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing The McKinney Act was the first major federal program to provide funds...
We are Still the Same
Here at the National Coalition for the Homeless, co-workers and I were discussing the laws against panhandling that have...
Homeless Hate Crime Legislation Gains Momentum
By Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing On April 20, FL/H-11 (Crimes Against the Homeless) was passed 80-28 in...
Tourism vs. Homelessness
by Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing Each summer I notice how tourism and homelessness do not get along...
Speakers’ Bureau Update
The Speakers’ Bureau is currently in the process of creating a new orientation manual and at the same time...
The musings of a Hunger Fellow
Steph Whitaker has been with NCH for the past 5 months as the Bill Emerson Hunger Fellow. Her time...
How I, President [ ____________ ] Ended Poverty
I, President (_________–fill in the blank) of the U.S. and How I Ended Poverty. A True Story of the...
Lessons from a Candidate Who Sought to End Poverty (Part I)
By Michael Stoops Over forty years ago, in 1968 this country lost a great American, Upton Sinclair, who...