• Advocates push back against new Missouri law that criminalizes sleeping outdoors

    Advocates push back against new Missouri law that criminalizes sleeping outdoors

    Apr 20, 2023 09:35 PM EST

    ... has a job, and in her free time she runs her own nonprofit called Meals N Wheels, which caters to St. Louis area veterans experiencing homelessness. Though her situation has changed, her concern for unhoused people remains. When she learned that the state would now make it a crime to ...

  • Progressives focus on local-level wins to reshape Democratic Party from the bottom up

    Progressives focus on local-level wins to reshape Democratic Party from the bottom up

    Apr 17, 2023 06:58 PM EST

    ... t have to be tension between the party's left and moderate wings. She said Johnson called for addressing “quality of life issues” such as homelessness through consensus-building, rather than ideological confrontation. “Every one of these cities are complicated places and you have to work together to get things ...

  • Live updates of Trump grand jury indictment

    Live updates of Trump grand jury indictment

    Mar 31, 2023 12:02 AM EST

    ... in a live-stream video shortly after the news broke. “New York is being overrun by violence, children are being been shot in Time Square, homelessness is through the roof yet the only focus of the New York DA is to get Trump,” Eric Trump said. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

  • D.C. phases out its COVID-era hotel housing program for homeless people

    D.C. phases out its COVID-era hotel housing program for homeless people

    Mar 30, 2023 10:30 PM EST

    ... alone an outside encampment. And so it has really highlighted the need of a place for this vulnerable population to be while they're experiencing homelessness. William Brangham: Researchers say this model offers a blueprint for temporary housing across the country, but a long-term solution should be the end ...

  • Darren Walker proposes shift in focus of giving in new book 'From Generosity to Justice'

    Darren Walker proposes shift in focus of giving in new book 'From Generosity to Justice'

    Mar 22, 2023 10:25 PM EST

    ... their thinking about philanthropy. What I mean, to say is, get a little uncomfortable when you look at organizations working on the front lines in homelessness, in building affordable housing, working on disability issues. These are areas that are heavily under-resourced in philanthropy. Jeffrey Brown: And that means, inevitably ...

  • LA schools closed as workers strike for better wages and conditions

    LA schools closed as workers strike for better wages and conditions

    Mar 21, 2023 10:45 PM EST

    ... stories about working for the district and the sacrifices that they have had to go through, working multiple jobs, some going in and out of homelessness, being evicted from apartments, just due to the fact that there's an on-season and an off-season for a lot of this ...

  • Pets are part of the family. That makes it harder when veterinary care is out of reach

    Pets are part of the family. That makes it harder when veterinary care is out of reach

    Mar 20, 2023 07:47 PM EST

    ... place to live that will accept pets. The Washington Post recently highlighted the story of Lilo, an abandoned dog in Tennessee whose owner was experiencing homelessness and couldn’t afford to keep her, attaching a note to Lilo’s leash. Luckily, there was a happy ending to the story. WATCH ...

  • What are the next steps for Black reparations in San Francisco?

    What are the next steps for Black reparations in San Francisco?

    Mar 16, 2023 10:47 PM EST

    ... has spent multiple meetings discussing time frames and payment calculations for five harms experienced by Black people, including government taking of property, housing discrimination and homelessness and mass incarceration. The task force is also debating state residency requirements. Previously, the state committee voted to limit financial reparations to people descended ...

  • 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 ...