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On the Streets: The Station

Posted Mar 18 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez 14 Comments

After sleeping on the floor of Penn Station for a night, I learned how important it is to remember the invisible…

On the Streets: Day One

Posted Mar 17 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez 17 Comments

On my first day living homeless in Manhattan I developed a whole new perspective on panhandling.

On the Streets

Posted Mar 15 in News by Barry Rodriguez 14 Comments

A few updates as I prepare to live homeless on the streets of New York City…

The Long Climb

Posted Mar 13 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez 7 Comments

After meeting several heroin addicts on the streets of the Bronx, my perspective on drug addiction has begun to change…

Relief

Posted Mar 11 in Travel Journals by Barry Rodriguez 8 Comments

All this month I will be embedded with New York City Relief. Already I can tell that it will be an incredible experience!

Breathe

Posted Mar 09 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez No Comments

After seeing a hut wreathed in smoke, I discovered a surprising new injustice in the mountains of Panama…

The Sleepover

Posted Mar 08 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez No Comments

After spending a night at the NVM orphanage in Chambrun, I learned some startling truths about what it really means to be an orphan…

Photo Gallery: Children of Chambrun

Posted Mar 07 in Photo Galleries by Barry Rodriguez No Comments

While staying with Nehemiah Vision Ministries in Chambrun, Haiti, I got the chance to see what hope for the future really looks like…

Photo Gallery: No Easy Answers

Posted Mar 06 in Photo Galleries by Jessica Shewan No Comments

When I toured the remains of a slum the day after it was bulldozed, I witnessed a kind of perseverance I still don’t fully understand.

The American Dream

Posted Mar 05 in Articles by Barry Rodriguez No Comments

In an interview with a Honduran immigrant, I discovered why an experienced medical technician is now putting on roofing tiles in the suburbs…

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