Libraries Become Washington’s Last Homeless Shelter

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Laquisha Spencer lives in a green tent in front of the Martin Luther King Public Library, the largest in Washington, in the city center. In the afternoons, sweep the sidewalk to the library entrance, and spend much of the day using her computers. She needs them for several legal cases she has: from the custody of her children to lawsuits she has filed against the U.S. capital police and other agencies. “I use the library all the time, I go to br…