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The Courier

College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier

A Red Roof Inn repurposed into an Interim Housing Center by DuPagePads, located in Downers Grove, Ill.

DuPage County Homelessness and Its Link To COD

Most recent estimates place over 50,000 people below the poverty line in DuPage County, while issues like high housing costs and overcrowding affect more than 100,000.
Nick Karmia, Staff Writer
April 10, 2023
Free Hugs on the Front Lines

Free Hugs on the Front Lines

For COD's Black History Month, activist Ken Nwadike Jr. spoke about how he uses love to overcome trauma and de-escalate protests.
Mariyam Syed, Staff Writer
February 20, 2023
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Sleeping Outside to Raise Awareness

Sleep Out Saturday hoped to bring awareness to the issue of homeless in DuPage County
Katie Toolan, Staff Writer
November 8, 2021
Annisha Thomas is a single mother attending Nashville State Community College via the Tennessee Reconnect Program at the age of 35 to set an example for her children, Kayden, 4 and Kaylee, 7.

Long before coronavirus, student parents struggled with hunger, homelessness

Inspirational stories emerge even as new concerns over food, housing and child care risk derailing college plans
Liz Willen, The Hechinger Report
May 7, 2020
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