• Police arrest man accused of shooting 10 in Brooklyn subway attack

    Police arrest man accused of shooting 10 in Brooklyn subway attack

    Apr 13, 2022 02:32 PM EST

    ... 19 test Sunday. Several of James' videos mention New York's subways. A Feb. 20 video says the mayor and governor's plan to address homelessness and safety in the subway system "is doomed for failure" and refers to himself as a "victim" of the city's mental health programs ...

  • Student loan debt has a lasting effect on Black borrowers, despite the latest freeze in payments

    Student loan debt has a lasting effect on Black borrowers, despite the latest freeze in payments

    Apr 11, 2022 08:59 PM EST

    ... education. At Brooks’ school, a public charter school specifically designed for children who aren’t successful in traditional schools, many students there already struggle with homelessness, poverty and transiency. Brooks is careful to impart upon her students what she’s learned about financial literacy and debt the hard way. There ...

  • PBS NewsHour documentary spotlights the struggles facing the formerly incarcerated

    PBS NewsHour documentary spotlights the struggles facing the formerly incarcerated

    Apr 10, 2022 09:46 PM EST

    ... build a life at the age of 42. And you'll also meet a woman named Renee Wyatt. Now, Renee struggled with addiction and with homelessness. She has been in and out of jails and prisons for much of her life. And she became kind of the exception to the ...

  • Exhibit explores artists' efforts to end U.S. intervention in Central America

    Exhibit explores artists' efforts to end U.S. intervention in Central America

    Apr 07, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... response to Artists Call.Beatriz Cortez designed a geodesic dome home for the archives. Beatriz Cortez, Artist: He also speaks of the shelter and the homelessness of immigrants in the middle of the pandemic. And so it's a shelter for this archive that preserves a moment when the war ...

  • Why cities are piloting guaranteed income programs

    Why cities are piloting guaranteed income programs

    Mar 27, 2022 03:09 PM EST

    ... up by sociologist Kevin Adler. The program, which began in February 2021 and ran for six months, distributed $500 a month to 14 people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. The program later reported that about two-thirds of those recipients who were unhoused when the pilot began were able to ...

  • Man suspected of shooting several homeless people held without bail

    Man suspected of shooting several homeless people held without bail

    Mar 16, 2022 11:37 PM EST

    ... Station and stayed inside the station until he hopped aboard a train around 6:15 a.m., court papers say. WATCH: What’s behind rising homelessness in America? Police believe Brevard then traveled north to New York City. Surveillance video showed a man who investigators believe is Brevard at Penn ...

  • Americans describe the momentous mental health toll of the pandemic

    Americans describe the momentous mental health toll of the pandemic

    Mar 15, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... Mental Health does a spectacular job of research, and they go after the science of mental health. The problem here, the problem of incarceration, of homelessness, of early mortality for people with serious mental illness, that's actually not so much a scientific problem, and that was the discovery of ...

  • WATCH: Police speak on arrest of man suspected in shootings of homeless men in D.C. and NYC

    WATCH: Police speak on arrest of man suspected in shootings of homeless men in D.C. and NYC

    Mar 15, 2022 06:24 PM EST

    “This man targeted those experiencing homelessness with no regard for life, but this criminal is now off the streets," Adams said Tuesday. “Gun violence against anyone, let alone our most vulnerable populations, is sick, but thanks to the coordination between different levels of law enforcement and the public’s ...

  • Police arrest man suspected of stalking and killing homeless men

    Police arrest man suspected of stalking and killing homeless men

    Mar 15, 2022 02:28 PM EST

    “This man targeted those experiencing homelessness with no regard for life, but this criminal is now off the streets," Adams said Tuesday. “Gun violence against anyone, let alone our most vulnerable populations, is sick, but thanks to the coordination between different levels of law enforcement and the public’s ...

  • Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes court-ordered mental health treatment for homeless people

    Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes court-ordered mental health treatment for homeless people

    Mar 04, 2022 07:34 PM EST

    ... questions and a million things that could go horribly wrong,” said Kevin Baker, director of government relations for ACLU California, in an email. He said homelessness is caused by skyrocketing housing costs "and we won’t solve homelessness, mental health, or substance abuse problems by locking people up and drugging ...