• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help

    New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help

    Oct 10, 2023 09:41 PM EDT

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction issues could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move to help overhaul the state's mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis. The new ...

  • Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspends long-shot 2024 presidential bid

    Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspends long-shot 2024 presidential bid

    Oct 09, 2023 11:19 PM EDT

    ... wasn’t up to securing the U.S.-Mexico border, combating fentanyl smuggling that has led to epidemic of American overdoses and violent crime and homelessness in the country’s cities. “President Biden can’t solve these problems — or won’t,” Hurd said in his announcement video. “And, if we ...

  • A new COVID vaccine is here, but those at greatest risk may not get it as outreach drops off

    A new COVID vaccine is here, but those at greatest risk may not get it as outreach drops off

    Sep 17, 2023 06:38 PM EDT

    ... medical care. In surveys of homeless people in California, about 60 percent reported chronic health conditions, said Tiana Moore, the policy director at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at the University of California-San Francisco. Studies have found that members of this community age more rapidly, with people in ...

  • How José Sarria’s activism paved the way for gay candidates in the U.S.

    How José Sarria’s activism paved the way for gay candidates in the U.S.

    Sep 16, 2023 09:30 PM EDT

    ... 1965, he founded the Imperial Court System, regarded as the oldest global LGBTQ+ charitable organization, raising money to fight AIDS, breast cancer, domestic abuse and homelessness. Sarria died from cancer in 2013. He was 90 years old. Today, his legacy lives on through the Jose Sarria Foundation dedicated to preserving ...