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The Politics of Homelessness
The New York Times, sect. A, p. 29 (December 16, 1993). More than a decade after our fellow citizens began bedding down on the sidewalks, their problems continue to seem so intractable that we have begun to do psychologically what … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral Nano, Aurora, Chicago, city of aurora, Discrimination, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Illinois, illiterate, McDonalds, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, Tyson Foods, uneducated, unemployment
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Not Bad (or The Big Lie)
Toni Cade Bambara – Black Women Writers at Work, ch. 2, by Claudia Tate (1983). My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth. That ain’t easy. There are so … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Aurora, Christain, city of aurora, Da Vinci, Discrimination, Emergency shelter, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Illinois, Leonardo da Vinci, nano, NASA, Poverty, Seattle, Shelter, Thanksgiving, unemployment
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The Benefaction of Churches
“Would you look at that?”, said ‘Christian’ Dave. “King of the Ant Pile” Berney is back in line for his second plate even though they just told us no seconds yet till everyone has had a chance to eat. … Continue reading
Soup Nazi
Over the headphones Nano listened to Cats In The Cradle, a Harry Chapin song. Part of studying human culture was being involved in what they did, aside from his chosen homelessness. A song about a man to busy working for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Aurora, believers, Christain, church, city of aurora, Discrimination, Emergency shelter, harry chapin, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, human-rights, hypocrisy, Illinois, nano, nanotech, Nanotechnology, organizations, Poor, Poverty, religion, Shelter, soup line, starvation, starving, unemployment, zealots
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Insanity Is Crazy
A black man mumbled to himself constantly, a conversation with no one but his alter ego. He was a schizophrenic. Not far away, another young man simply stood and stared at the staff member at the check-in desk. He was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral, Affordable housing, Aunt Martha, Aurora, charity, city of aurora, Emergency shelter, free clinic, free medicine, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Illinois, mental-health, nano, nanotech, Nanotechnology, organizations, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, starving, TB, Tuberculosis, unemployment
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TB Nurses
“What is that for?” ask Nano, seeing some flimsy partitions go up at the end of the warehouse ‘veranda’. “The TB Nurses are here”. The Roller was his nickname, otherwise Dennis. Dennis and Lawyer Joe rolled cigarettes late at night … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral, Affordable housing, Aurora, blood test, city of aurora, Discrimination, disease, Emergency shelter, heat stroke, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, hopelessness, Illinois, nano, organizations, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, TB, Tuberculosis, uneducated, unemployment
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The Warehouse
The metal bunk beds, three tall, with Nano on the middle, Lawyer Joe on bottom and the top bunk used for storage, shook as Lawyer moved below. Then a blue light popped on and Nano knew Lawyer was unable to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral, Affordable housing, Aurora, Christain, city of aurora, Emergency shelter, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Illinois, library, nano, organizations, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, starving, uneducated, unemployment
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Trouble At McDonalds
Although Nano prefer The River’s Edge Cafe, which he usually just called the Cafe, there were times when it wasn’t open so he had to go elsewhere. The Cafe closed at mid-afternoon. That was too soon for Nano and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral, Affordable housing, aliens, America, Aurora, Christain, city of aurora, Discrimination, Emergency shelter, heat stroke, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, hopeless, hopelessness, Illinois, illiterate, library, minority, nano, nanotech, NASA, organizations, planet, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, Space, uneducated, unemployment, United States
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The Name
Nano sat at The River’s Edge Cafe, eating his Black Bean Burger. With him was Jim ‘Father’ Pope, an older man whom Nano had met soon after checking into the shelter. Father was a very good guitar player, at least, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Admiral, aliens, America, Aurora, Christain, city of aurora, Discrimination, Earth, Emergency shelter, foreclosure, heat stroke, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, hopeless, hopelessness, Illinois, illiterate, library, minority, nano, nanotech, Nanotechnology, NASA, organizations, outer space, Philanthropy, planet, Poor, Poverty, Shelter, Space, Space Fleets, space travel, starving, time travel, uneducated, unemployment, United States
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Summer Heat Wave
“Oh my god, I’m dying”. Jill was a large girl which didn’t help, but she was right. It was very hot in Aurora, one hundred five degrees and high humidity. The shelter had not opened as a cooling center despite … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Aurora, city of aurora, Discrimination, Emergency shelter, heat stroke, high humidity, Homeless, homeless people, Homeless shelter, Homelessness, Poor, Shelter, unemployment, United States
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