ASHAMED
Laws attempting to remove the homeless from our sight are a poor solution to an American reality that fails to live up to its myth.
Lee Stringer spent 12 years living on the street in New York City, until 1997, when he successfully sought treatment for drug addiction. He is a former Editor of Street News, and author of the New York Times top 10 recommended memoir, Grand Central Winter: Stories From the Street., The award winning memoir, Sleepaway School: Stories From a Boy's Life, and, with Kurt Vonnegut, Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the NY Journal news, and The Nation, to name a few.
Hiring homeless people to serve as mobile hot spots has been roundly condemned, but is the criticism justified, Lee Stringer asks.