• Brooks and Marcus on issues that could decide the midterms and politics in the UK

    Brooks and Marcus on issues that could decide the midterms and politics in the UK

    Oct 21, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... got to be a priority one. And then the final issue that I think is undercounted, and the Republicans are talking about a lot, is homelessness, and homelessness allegedly just rampant on the streets of the cities. What do we do with the homeless? And so those are issues about ...

  • Critical gubernatorial campaigns and the contentious issues that could decide them

    Critical gubernatorial campaigns and the contentious issues that could decide them

    Oct 19, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... think cost of living consistently polls on the top of voters' concerns this year. But it also is just linked, as I mentioned, with the homelessness crisis that is continuing and is often debated as one and the same, with the candidates talking about increasing the amount of housing production ...

  • Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Oct 11, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... recognizes it intellectually. And I think there have been several efforts to kind of draw both communities together to address everything from housing prices, to homelessness, to public safety. But there's also the sense here in Los Angeles, where Latinos make up more than 50 percent of the population ...

  • Oklahoma City works to reform police force after Black Lives Matter protests

    Oklahoma City works to reform police force after Black Lives Matter protests

    Sep 29, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... be pointing in the right direction, Oklahoma City Council is accepting proposals right now for an alternative response team to 911 calls for those experiencing homelessness. And they just recently reestablished their Human Rights Commission to better hear citizen concerns. Amna Nawaz: And we know it's a story you ...

  • California Gov. Newsom signs laws to boost housing production

    California Gov. Newsom signs laws to boost housing production

    Sep 28, 2022 08:44 PM EST

    ... nation's most populous state with just over 39 million residents, has a housing shortage that has driven up home prices and contributed to a homelessness crisis. State officials say California needs to build about 310,000 new housing units each year over the next eight years, more than 2 ...

  • WATCH: Biden calls on Congress to reinstate expanded child tax credit to end hunger by 2030

    WATCH: Biden calls on Congress to reinstate expanded child tax credit to end hunger by 2030

    Sep 28, 2022 01:29 PM EST

    ... historic opportunity for us to learn directly from those impacted.” She spoke of growing up and experiencing first-hand the impact of poverty, hunger and homelessness. “I know what it’s like to not know where your next meal will come from," she said, adding she wanted solutions so that ...

  • Oklahoma City is hoping these new recommendations can become a blueprint for police reform

    Oklahoma City is hoping these new recommendations can become a blueprint for police reform

    Sep 12, 2022 09:32 PM EST

    ... City police during mental health crisis calls. The city council is seeking proposals for a non-police response to some 911 calls involving people experiencing homelessness. Earlier this month, the council voted 5-4 in favor of re-establishing the Human Rights Commission of Oklahoma City, which was disbanded in ...

  • HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on soaring cost of buying and renting homes

    HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on soaring cost of buying and renting homes

    Sep 10, 2022 09:40 PM EST

    ... the gravity of the problem that any community can do it by themselves. It just doesn't happen that way. They cannot deal with the homelessness crisis. They cannot deal with all of the issues that go along with trying to get people into their first homes. But we are ...

  • King Charles III vows `lifelong service' as mourners honor Queen Elizabeth in Britain

    King Charles III vows `lifelong service' as mourners honor Queen Elizabeth in Britain

    Sep 09, 2022 03:11 PM EST

    ... conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the center ground where vital help can be given," Charles said, referring to the couple's work on homelessness, mental health and other issues. And he struck a note of reconciliation after a raw family rift when he said, "I want also to ...

  • Aid pours into Pakistan as deaths from flooding cross 1,200 mark

    Aid pours into Pakistan as deaths from flooding cross 1,200 mark

    Sep 02, 2022 07:23 PM EST

    ISLAMABAD (AP) — Planes carrying fresh supplies are surging across a humanitarian air bridge to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the death toll surged past 1,200, officials said Friday, with families and children at special risk of disease and homelessness. The ninth flight from the United Arab Emirates and the first ...