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• ProJo: My Turn: Jeffrey Machado: Harder to help R.I. people work

  How gratifying to see the subject of homelessness addressed in The Providence Journal’s front-page lead (“Housing first,” news, April 18)! Even better, your article was positive, even optimistic, about finding housing solutions in our state. Crossroads, Goodwill and other social service organizations in Rhode Island are working hard to restore dignity, purpose and financial security to the many hundreds of our neighbors who struggle with housing, employment, health issues and social challenges.

• ProJo: My Turn: Laura Calenda: Most homeless are working poor

  The headline on Mark Patinkin’s May 23 column labeled Judy McGill, the 53-year-old woman who has been living with her cats beneath a bridge near the Providence Place mall for the last several months, “The face of homelessness.” But she is not really the “face” of the problem.

• ProJo: Homeless Providence woman describes January stabbing: ‘Now, I feel safe nowhere’

  At a Tuesday news conference to call attention to the struggles faced by homeless people in R.I., Eileen Boarman recounted being stabbed in the hand Jan. 2 while she was sleeping in a pedestrian tunnel downtown.

• ProJo: Study: COVID-19 is silent threat for R.I.’s homeless

  Study: COVID-19 is silent threat for R.I.’s homeless

• ProJo: Westerly homeless shelter provides for residents, keeps them safe during pandemic

  Westerly homeless shelter provides for residents, keeps them safe during pandemic

• ProJo: My Turn: Kim Keck: Two pandemics, one imperative: Transform health care In Rhode Island

  My Turn: Kim Keck: Two pandemics, one imperative: Transform health care In Rhode Island