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Criminalizing homelessness

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How vagrancy laws have criminalized homelessness.

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homeless person and passerby

homeless person and passerby

Homeless person sitting along Wall Street in New York City during the beginning of...

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Kraków, Poland: homeless people receiving food

Kraków, Poland: homeless people receiving food

Homeless people receiving food on Christmas Eve in Kraków, Poland.

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