• What to expect from state legislatures in 2024

    What to expect from state legislatures in 2024

    Dec 26, 2023 11:30 PM EST

    ... year in just the last few weeks. And a lot of them are telling me that they're going to be focusing on housing and homelessness, which are sort of twin crises that are working together. There is simply not enough housing in America. It takes a long time to ...

  • December 24, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    December 24, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Dec 24, 2023 11:07 PM EST

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, why a record number of people across America are experiencing homelessness this holiday season. Then, as the congressional fight over Ukraine aid is pushed into 2024, a new film documents the human toll of the war and resilience of those on the front lines. Plus ...

  • As communities test basic income programs, here’s how one California city fared

    As communities test basic income programs, here’s how one California city fared

    Dec 23, 2023 11:02 PM EST

    ... I asked him about the genesis of Stockton program. Michael Tubbs, Founder, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income: That the crux of all the issues from homelessness to crime to education was his persistent poverty and economic insecurity. So my first 100 days, I gathered my team in the office and ...

  • News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office projects inflation will slow to near 2% in 2024

    News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office projects inflation will slow to near 2% in 2024

    Dec 15, 2023 11:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Friday, the Congressional Budget Office projected inflation will slow to near two percent next year, homelessness in the United States soared to its highest levels on record, European Union leaders insisted they will get more military aid to Ukraine next year and Russian officials say the ...

  • Few U.S. adults want a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, AP-NORC poll shows

    Few U.S. adults want a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, AP-NORC poll shows

    Dec 14, 2023 07:36 PM EST

    ... president, saying she felt Biden is too focused on dealing with conflicts abroad rather than “what’s going on under his own nose,” such as homelessness, gun violence and the economy. AP-NORC POLL: Americans offer unflattering assessments of both Biden and Trump “What’s going on with Biden right ...

  • Crackdowns on homeless encampments fuel debate over effective solutions

    Crackdowns on homeless encampments fuel debate over effective solutions

    Nov 28, 2023 02:44 PM EST

    ... for homeless people, including some living in encampments. “We are hyper-focused on housing,” said Danielle Werder, manager of the county’s Office to End Homelessness. “We’re not walking around with socks and water bottles. We’re walking around saying, ‘What do you need?’” In Portland, the encampment dismantled ...

  • Almost half of Americans think U.S.  spending too much on Ukraine aid, AP-NORC poll says

    Almost half of Americans think U.S. spending too much on Ukraine aid, AP-NORC poll says

    Nov 22, 2023 08:59 PM EST

    ... own soil, that we need to deal with," said Eric Mondello, 40, from Fountain, Colorado. Pointing to needs such as health care for veterans and homelessness in communities, Mondello added: "I understand the U.S. has been an ally to others, but I feel like, let's take care of ...

  • Amid national push for police reform, Native people feel left out of conversation

    Amid national push for police reform, Native people feel left out of conversation

    Oct 19, 2023 10:25 PM EST

    ... by the cops. Fred De Sam Lazaro: Mike Forcia chairs the American Indian Movement Twin Cities. In 2002, he settled a police brutality case with the MPD for $125,000. Today Forcia sees a community plagued by homelessness and substance abuse and a police department focusing on the wrong issues.

  • Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice — stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?

    Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice — stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?

    Oct 14, 2023 12:37 AM EST

    ... he heed the Israeli army's demand that all Palestinians evacuate and make the risky trip to Gaza's south, where his only certainty was homelessness? Or should he stay at his multistory building — within what the Israeli army has now designated a target zone — ahead of a likely Israeli ...

  • Oregon decriminalization reveals possible solutions and challenges to addressing addiction

    Oregon decriminalization reveals possible solutions and challenges to addressing addiction

    Oct 10, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... both decriminalized drugs, but we didn't increase access to treatment. Stephanie Sy: Commissioner Mapps points out that Portland has many acute issues, rising homicides, homelessness, and an economically struggling downtown core. But he says fentanyl runs through them all. Do you view the fentanyl problem as being related to ...