• California residents await key decisions by reparations task force

    California residents await key decisions by reparations task force

    Mar 04, 2023 10:37 PM EST

    ... for devaluation of Black-owned businesses. Task force member Monica Montgomery Steppe voiced concerns Friday about making 1977 the cutoff year for housing discrimination and homelessness, given that Black residents make up about a third of Californians experiencing homelessness. That year was proposed based on the passage of the Community ...

  • More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen

    More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen

    Mar 03, 2023 10:41 PM EST

    ... t a lot of spaces for community for people without homes, he added. “The vast majority of people are so motivated to get out [of homelessness], they want desperately to get out, and what they need is a little help. And so we're not talking about a population that ...

  • What legalizing recreational pot could mean for Oklahoma

    What legalizing recreational pot could mean for Oklahoma

    Mar 01, 2023 10:02 PM EST

    ... mental health professionals confirm that the use of today’s high THC product leads to psychoses and schizophrenia, two diagnoses that are directly tied to homelessness.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who use marijuana at an earlier age or more frequently — meaning daily or nearly ...

  • Earthquake recovery hampered by sheer scale of destruction in Turkey and Syria

    Earthquake recovery hampered by sheer scale of destruction in Turkey and Syria

    Feb 24, 2023 11:45 PM EST

    ... Jane Ferguson: In the tent city of Gaziantep, life after the earthquakes is all but an endless struggle. Hatice Demir is battling cancer and now homelessness. Learning to live with the bare minimum. Hatice Demir, Turkish Earthquake Survivor (through translator): I used to wake up in a warm room, but ...

  • WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine asks for jets, ammunition

    WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Ukraine asks for jets, ammunition

    Feb 15, 2023 07:01 PM EST

    ... crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, a rise in drug overdoses caused by fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids, and a homelessness crisis in his state. Biden has repeatedly stated that the United States will help Ukraine "as long as it takes" to repel the Russian ...

  • Support for Ukraine aid softens in U.S. public, poll says

    Support for Ukraine aid softens in U.S. public, poll says

    Feb 15, 2023 05:47 PM EST

    ... crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, a rise in drug overdoses caused by fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids, and a homelessness crisis in his state. WATCH: Western nations accelerate air defense to Ukraine as Russia launches new offensive Biden has repeatedly stated that the United ...

  • White House outlines plan to address nation's soaring rent prices and protect tenants

    White House outlines plan to address nation's soaring rent prices and protect tenants

    Feb 13, 2023 11:25 PM EST

    ... that we would be facing hardship. If we didn't get that assistance and kind of get that boost running, we probably would be facing homelessness. Laura Barrón-López: But even though she has work again and housing, Jessica says roughly half of her income goes towards rent. She's ...

  • Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of 'Sesame Street,' dies

    Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of 'Sesame Street,' dies

    Jan 26, 2023 07:05 PM EST

    ... feature someone with Down syndrome. It’s had puppets with HIV and in foster care, invited children in wheelchairs, dealt with topics like jailed parents, homelessness, women’s rights, military families and even girls singing about loving their hair. It introduced the bilingual Rosita — the first Latina Muppet — in 1991 ...

  • California begins recovery efforts as storm damage tops $1 billion

    California begins recovery efforts as storm damage tops $1 billion

    Jan 21, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... lot of people displaced? I've read that there were a lot of homes damaged. Whenever we think of California, we worry about housing and homelessness. And I just want to know if how many people may end up being homeless as a result of these storms? Brian Ferguson: Yeah ...

  • January 13, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    January 13, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jan 14, 2023 12:57 AM EST

    Friday on the NewsHour, a deadly wave of tornadoes tears through multiple southern states in the latest extreme winter weather to hit the U.S. We speak with New York's mayor about some of his controversial policy proposals aimed at combatting crime and homelessness. Plus, President Biden and Japan ...