In her plenary presentation at last month’s gathering of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Kaia Sand detailed the many ways we construct homeless people as “unwanted persons,” but also the creativity embodied in alternative first responder systems that enact “care work
Abatements, or “sweeps,” of unhoused communities results in thousands of unnecessary deaths every year in the United States, a former City of San Antonio outreach worker writes.
On August 12, 2023, after enduring nearly a month of triple-digit temperatures Garcia, at age 56, passed away. Residents are now seeking to hold city and state agencies accountable for his death.
A year-long effort to get Garcia off the streets exposed shortcomings of local and state practices—even as the extreme cold of Winter Storm Uri took both of Garcia’s feet. Now extreme heat likely contributed to his death.
