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By Lyric Rogers Homelessness is a large problem. An eighth of all people in any given city are homeless. You can be considered homeless if you live with another person, are out of work and don’t pay rent. Homeless people are constantly the butt of abuse and are the vent of police brutality and anger.…

By Lyric Rogers Homelessness, you know the word, but do you actually know it? The matter of homelessness is no joking matter, the numbers of people living on the streets is always rising, and has been rising rapidly in recent years. Minneapolis is no exception. We have our fair share of homeless neighborhoods and friends.…

By Lyric Rogers This is a story that I was reluctant to share at first, but it needs to be heard. Here’s some background. The time is 1:50 p.m. on July 17. I had just finished interviewing several people while field reporting for a youth journalism program in . It was hot, and I needed…

By Lyric Rogers Homelessness isn’t fake, and it sure isn’t a small “insignificant” problem. I was marked as “homeless” for the first four years of my life, and from the things my mom has told me, it’s not safe, and it’s no laughing matter. You can ask anyone that’s been there, or is there. It’s…

By Lyric Rogers Police brutality is still too common. We’ve seen it before with George Floyd, Fong Lee, Jamar Clark, Philando Castile, Justine Damond, and many unlisted others. The police aren’t perfect. No one is. But it’s not fair or just to kill innocent citizens without warning and just reason. In fact, you shouldn’t kill…

By Lyric Rogers The city of Minneapolis constantly has a rising number of homeless citizens, but what do they do about them? The city pushes the homeless around, using the police to harass them, evict their encampments and imprison them. The Kmart project on Lake Street in Ward 8 of MPLS is supposed to connect…

By Lyric Rogers Is homelessness a bad thing? In our community, yes, it is. As a student in Minneapolis, I see homeless people every day on my way to school. I see encampments and officers forcibly removing homeless people from these encampments, and worst of all, I can’t stop it alone. The thing about homelessness…

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