Word: homelessness
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...disembodied portrait of Jerome Coolberg, a mysterious genius who pervades every page of Baxter’s work without ever becoming familiar. Early on, Nathanial Mason, the uninspired and confused protagonist, encounters fellow graduate student Theresa on a park bench, where they share an awkward interlude with a homeless man before meeting the infamous Coolberg at a party. Nathanial immediately senses an uncommon and uncomfortable connection with Coolberg, who seems to know facts about Nathanial’s life that Nathanial himself has forgotten. “The Soul Thief” traces the incestuous and turbulent bonds that form...
...tens of thousands of homeless in Baghdad find shelter wherever they can in the most dangerous city in the world. Just outside the Karada district, there is an abandoned Iraqi military base from the Saddam Hussein era that looters had reduced to little more than piles of rubble strewn around the cement slabs in the ground. Displaced from other parts of Iraq, these people have taken up shelter in makeshift houses on the otherwise deserted grounds. Among them is Hadi Shaker Hamadi and his clan, cobbling together a shelter of cinderblocks, scrap wood and cardboard. They...
...away with nothing, even though a large amount of cash was stashed in the house. That story made her a local legend. Soon after, Odhaib was asked to run for a seat on the Karada District Council. She won and has since focused on helping the destitute and the homeless...
...Harvard Homeless Shelter, the only entirely student-run homeless shelter in the country, attracts committed volunteers, Donovan says, because the work isn’t always...
...Donavan argues that in order for community service involvement to be truly meaningful, it must also be somewhat uncomfortable. “I was taught and firmly believe that doing good work is not about just feeling good.” Work at the homeless shelter, which can include everything from serving guests their dinner to cleaning the toilets, is rarely “warm and fuzzy,” he says...