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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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.
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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