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Cold, wet and homeless: This winter blast is hitting a lot of people hard

Published December 23, 2022 at 12:33 PM CST
Pedestrians navigate slippery streets in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Pedestrians navigate slippery streets in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

For homeless people, it can be a matter of life and death. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Doug Schenkelberg, the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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