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Grants Pass v Johson: Illegal to sleep in America

By India Pungarcher | April 10, 2024

On April 22, our country’s highest court will take verbal arguments on the most significant court case to affect homelessness in 40 years, Grants Pass v Johnson.

Jamie W. on gratitude, making top seller, and going through hell with her husband and five cats

“Before my injury, I was so independent. I could go wherever without having to have help,” Jamie said.

Cumberland University loses to win

Early in 1916, Cumberland University leadership decided that their failing football team should be shut down to help relieve the school’s mounting financial woes, but they had one more game to play.

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Housing, food and utilities are the top three categories for requests received by our local 211 phone line in 2023.

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My heart rainsDroplets free fallPing off each empty chamberMy voice lost inside the parched valley of my mouthWater has come only to my eyesHuge mountains live in my throatMy arms a continuous two way roil of graniteDynamited to dust, choking out the world

Note: Some people ask, what is it like to suffer from depression? It is like that, only we struggle to find our way out of the grief. Thanks to The Contributor staff, volunteers and my patrons, I find my voice and begin to feel love and connection again.