'I used to see guys who were on the street and homeless, and I just never fathomed that it could be me one day.'
Christopher Devine | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago
Mental illness can lead to homelessness, but the stress of losing one's home, sleeping on a park bench, and surviving from nickel to nickel could just as easily exacerbate a predisposition to mental illness.
Gotham Chopra | Posted 02.12.2009 | Entertainment
If there is one thing we might learn from great filmmaking, as with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, it is that through our stories we have the ability to inspire, lead, and transform.
Christopher Devine | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago
This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.
Christopher Devine | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago
This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from my oral history Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.
Jamie Kalven | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago
Three days after Studs Terkel's death, the New York Times published a column by critic Edward Rothstein titled "An Appraisal: He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself." The piece is a striking instance of the low art of red-baiting disguised as high-minded criticism.
Rick Ayers | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment
It is sad that Studs died just before Barack Obama won this election. My guess is he already completed his absentee ballot. Obama is a Chicago candidate, one Studs was proud of.
Christopher Devine | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago
This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago
Christopher Devine | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago
A man on the street once said to me, "I wish I could just go somewhere and be with some people. You know, just socialize with some people. Not a shelter. Just a place to hang out, you know? But I'm homeless, man. I ain't got nowhere to go." Brunches like these seem to fill that void.
Christopher Devine | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago
Art and his friend Martin have set up camp in a long, narrow storage space below a three-flat in west Lincoln Park. A single bulb lights the enclosed room.
Christopher Devine | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago
On the busy streets that frame Lincoln Park's expressions of grandeur, you will find some of America's poorest citizens.
Christopher Devine | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago