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21 May 2009

Helping Raleigh's homeless: Not just an annual event
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 | 8 Apr 2009

Envision a TV show about the homeless, by the homeless
"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 | 4 Feb 2009

"The community system"—a political and economic structure that produces more low-wage jobs than it does affordable housing—also produces rhetorical support, but so far no business or political champion, to fight to end homelessness.
By Bob Geary | 10 Dec 2008

Faces of homelessness
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 | 26 Nov 2008

The well-traveled Gary Smith
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 | 26 Nov 2008

The optimistic Joe Donovan
When I met Joe five years ago, his days of high-paying work as a computer programmer were over.
By Bob Geary | 26 Nov 2008

The restless Dan Schooley
"My main problem," Dan tells me, "is that I need a job."
By Bob Geary | 26 Nov 2008

Homelessness: It can happen to anyone
To lose your home doesn't mean you should lose your humanity and dignity.
By Jeyhoun Allebaugh | 6 Nov 2008

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