homelessness
November 29, 2023
Looking up
With determination, faith and the UW’s belief in her, Square Donaldson overcame tremendous obstacles.
May 28, 2023
A walk down ‘Skid Road’
Nurse, professor and advocate Josephine Ensign walks readers through the history of Seattle's "Skid Road."
February 26, 2023
Liftoff
When Raymond Haug got out of prison, he was determined to end the cycle of crime and addiction. With the help of scholarships, he has transformed his life.
November 26, 2022
The hows of housing
Two UW alumni lead separate projects to address some of the biggest social issues of our time.
May 16, 2022
Care Package Community
The UW Champions Program was established in 2011 to serve former foster youth. Recent expansions help students who experienced unaccompanied homelessness as youth.
March 20, 2020
We need to talk about vehicle residency
Criminalizing a form of shelter causes undue and disproportionate harm to vulnerable people.
June 6, 2018
The (tiny) Dawg House
This spring, 20 dawgs teamed up to build a UW-themed tiny house to shelter the homeless.
September 1, 2016
Nourish
In a world gone mad with terrorist attacks, mass shootings, racial profiling, police assassinations and baffling presidential election rhetoric, thank goodness there’s an oasis of sanity in the University District that will renew your faith in humankind. At least it does for me.
June 1, 2016
Dying with dignity
Columns staff writer Julie Garner talks to two men facing death, and the people who care for them.
December 1, 2010
Rick Steves' worldview
Rick Steves, ’78, is an idealist. He doesn’t expect you to agree with him. But he’s not speaking his mind or advocating controversial legal reform to be popular.
March 1, 1998
Safer on streets?
Recent UW research shows life on the street may be an improvement over what many children face at home.
December 1, 1995
Hard times on the Ave
Set up by Seattle's pioneers as the city's second main street before the turn of the century, University Way NE today sadly bears little resemblance to its old self.