Illustration by maulana ahmad on Unsplash RAGE Paisley To every demon with a badge, To every bulldozer who calls me trash. To the politicians who try to Legislate us away To the neighbors who curse and harass And complain. To the journalists in print and on TV Who pretend they know what it’s like to be me. Who promote hateful lies and Calls to lock us away. To the non-profiteers using our bodies to make bank. To the ones with their heads Gleefully in the sand Stepping over ou

August 25, 2026 NICK Nickolas Cruz Dariemax (?) Nick AKA mosh Born & raised in Van Nuys, California, 818 Valley boy W Head Bangin & MOSHEN III IUA Trying to figure out what igzacly I struggle with or.. the truth in that.? Angel My name is Jose but you can call me Angel Im from heaven but my mom gave birth to me. I live wherever I feel like home is Homeless culture. Everyone that is invisible to others… My struggle right now is the city trying to keep us out of sight wh

The following stories were written by Povertyskolaz living on "The Lot" at Laney College and were based on this prompt: Crisis is universal - we have all had it. Please briefly describe one of your worst crisis below - financial, family, self, health, etc. By H a youth poverty skola from Laney Lot, 11 If they close the Laney Lot, I would feel sad because we have nowhere else to go. By John Shurn The first crisis is when my granny of 90 years passed away. What she gave to us

ENGLISH (ESPAÑOL DEBAJO) (Editors NOTE) At Prensa Pobre, we believe that people who have struggled with poverty, racism, and other forms of oppression need to speak out and be heard on issues of violence and oppression, racism, poverty, disability, and the injustices of the system. WRITING Prompt: Crisis Dialogue- We've all been through this - Describe one of the worst crises you've experienced in your life - Financial, family, personal, health “The importance of understandin

5/6/26 RoofLess Writing/Street-Writing workshop of POOR Magazine/Taller de prensa pobre 1st Church, North Hampton, MA. Presents: Trauma-logues Monologue, Poetry, Story for healing Prompt: Describe/Write one moment/one day in your life where you faced eviction, police harassment, ICE, homelessness, sweeps, loss or ? - Escribir/describir un momento de su experiencia con desalojo, desamparado, lucha con policía, lucha con pobreza, o? Ros P, 30 y/o Mom called…sophomore in high

Writing from the journalism workshop in Yelamu (so-called San Francisco) APRIL 24, 2026 Michael Jay My name is Michael Jay and I’m writing about the increase in homeless sweeps in SF. I have been involved in numerous sweeps on Mission that would run us in for what they call a Pizza Party. So the Pizza Party, as they so call it is when they take us into the office, give us a sobriety test, and give us a slice of pizza and a coke. They're doing this as a training program for al

Define Home- What is home mean to you How did you become Homeless? Would you be interested in helping to build homefulness? Anthony Land...