• San Francisco DA releases video of Walgreens security guard fatally shooting alleged shoplifter

    San Francisco DA releases video of Walgreens security guard fatally shooting alleged shoplifter

    May 16, 2023 09:44 PM EDT

    ... often is what captures our attention rather than going the extra step to look deeper,” she said in a news conference. Brown, who struggled with homelessness, worked as a community organizer for the Young Women’s Freedom Center, a nonprofit that provides support for young women and trans youth. “We ...

  • Man who put Jordan Neely in fatal chokehold released on bond after manslaughter arrest

    Man who put Jordan Neely in fatal chokehold released on bond after manslaughter arrest

    May 12, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    ... near the scene where he died saying: "Who killed Jordan Neely?" And, to a certain extent, the answer is all of us.   Geoff Bennett:  Errol, I spoke with New York Mayor Eric Adams on this program some months ago about his plan to address homelessness and combat crime.   

  • California's Gov. Newsom says state's budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion

    California's Gov. Newsom says state's budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion

    May 12, 2023 09:55 PM EDT

    ... allowing people to use Medicaid money to pay for rent. Likewise Newsom said he planned to maintain spending to address the state's housing and homelessness crisis and K-12 education spending. There's also some new spending. Newsom wants to add 14 positions at the California Energy Commission to ...

  • Man who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely released on bail

    Man who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely released on bail

    May 12, 2023 02:12 PM EDT

    ... would happen?" Mills asked. Friends of Neely said the former subway performer, remembered by some commuters for his Michael Jackson impersonations, had been dealing with homelessness and mental illness in recent years. Neely had been arrested multiple times and had recently pleaded guilty for assaulting a 67-year-old woman ...

  • Chokehold killed man attacked by NYC subway passengers, coroner says

    Chokehold killed man attacked by NYC subway passengers, coroner says

    May 04, 2023 02:25 PM EDT

    ... my subway in my city that I grew up in," he said. Neely's death comes amid a period of heightened public attention to both homelessness and mental illness on New York City's streets and subways. Following several high-profile incidents, including a shooting on a subway train that ...

  • The obstacles preventing homeless veterans from finding housing in Los Angeles

    The obstacles preventing homeless veterans from finding housing in Los Angeles

    Apr 28, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    Stephanie Sy: And that, many housing developers say, is one of the biggest roadblocks. Even while Californians have approved measures to increase funding to address homelessness, not-in-my-backyard attitudes have blocked or delayed many projects. Dora Leong Gallo: When you don't allow this type of housing to ...

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on restoring dignity

    A Brief But Spectacular take on restoring dignity

    Apr 24, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... hell wants to have cancer? Who in the hell wants to be an addict? I wish I could answer the question of how to solve homelessness and what we're doing wrong. You got to go to cities that do it right to get those answers. They don't go ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...