Independent Weekly: Special Topics http://www.indyweek.com Progressive news, culture and commentary for Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. en-us Copyright 2010 Independent Weekly. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Independent Weekly readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Independent Weekly. dprickett@indyweek.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:01 EDT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 EDT Dispatch Gyrobase Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com http://www.indyweek.com Progressive news, culture and commentary for Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, North Carolina How will Triangle cities, counties and towns juggle their budgets? http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=395245 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=395245 Special Topics/Government Budgets Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly Helping Raleigh's homeless: Not just an annual event http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=367119 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=367119 The Capital Area Homeless Veterans Stand Down event provides free food, clothing, blankets and packs, plus help finding medical services, housing, jobs and educational programs. By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly Envision a TV show about the homeless, by the homeless http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=279833 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=279833 "I'm gonna put these guys out into the mainstream," Michael Watkins says, "and the mainstream will not know what hit them." By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly Resources are few for homelessness—and the 10-year plan to end it http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=272250 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=272250 Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly Homelessness: It can happen to anyone http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=272165 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=272165 To lose your home doesn't mean you should lose your humanity and dignity. By Jeyhoun Allebaugh.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly The restless Dan Schooley http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271558 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271558 "My main problem," Dan tells me, "is that I need a job." By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly The optimistic Joe Donovan http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271557 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271557 When I met Joe five years ago, his days of high-paying work as a computer programmer were over. By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly The well-traveled Gary Smith http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271556 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271556 I asked Gary about job interviews. "I lay out what I can do. I don't feed 'em a bunch of bull like a lot of people do, and then you find out they can't do what they say they can." By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly Faces of homelessness http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271541 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=271541 It's going on five years since the City of Raleigh, Wake County, and the Triangle United Way and other social services agencies agreed to develop a 10-year "action plan" to end homelessness. By Bob Geary.]]> Special Topics/Homelessness Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:00:00 MST Independent Weekly