Reach out to the homeless


	Reach out to the homeless

deadcowkid

10-27-2007 3:15 PM

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co-ops, cruelty, global crisis, homeless, human rights, humanity, justice, poverty

deadcowkid says:

This is an opinion letter. We have had many letters to the editor with demoralizing statements about the homeless.

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