I’m afraid I have some bad news. Yes, that’s right—this is a fundraising letter. Sorry. But it’s important. See, every year around this time we need extra funds just to make it. We have to meet needs in the summer, but people like to give in the colder months. I...

This year has been amazing, so far. Really, I’ve never seen anything like it. It really started when Portland’s mayor declared homelessness an emergency crisis, and the mayor started making radical changes in his homeless policies. He made a camp official, and declared that he would make more official. I...