• 2022 California Primary Election Results

    2022 California Primary Election Results

    Jun 06, 2022 10:29 PM EDT

    ... no candidate clears 50 percent, the top two finishers advance to a November runoff. In another closely watched election, San Francisco voters are considering whether to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive Democrat who critics say has failed to prosecute repeat offenders, amid widespread frustration with crime and homelessness.

  • Blurry ballot barcodes delay the Oregon House primary results

    Blurry ballot barcodes delay the Oregon House primary results

    May 18, 2022 09:52 PM EDT

    ... would have allowed Medicare to negotiate outpatient medication prices with pharmaceutical companies. But some primary voters are concerned that McLeod-Skinner, an attorney and former city planner, wouldn’t be as competitive in November, particularly given that issues such as crime and homelessness are on the minds of moderate Democrats.

  • Fewer Black men are enrolling in community college. This state wants to change that

    Fewer Black men are enrolling in community college. This state wants to change that

    Apr 19, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    ... get this resource. Stephanie Sy: Antonio Banks' role is to develop a system to help Black male students navigate Compton College. With more than half of its students food- and housing-insecure and nearly a quarter experiencing homelessness, he also tries to find ways to help with stressors outside college.

  • Biden administration unveils steps to boost equity in government

    Biden administration unveils steps to boost equity in government

    Apr 14, 2022 11:44 PM EDT

    ... have been announced, such as work by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close the racial gap in homeownership, address disproportionate rates of homelessness among underserved communities and reduce bias in home appraisals. Others strategies are being made public for the first time, such as Defense Department efforts ...

  • Suspect in Brooklyn subway attack ordered to be held without bail

    Suspect in Brooklyn subway attack ordered to be held without bail

    Apr 14, 2022 06:31 PM EDT

    ... that James posted on social media, as recently as Monday, in which he delivered profanity-laced diatribes about racism, society's treatment of Black people, homelessness and violence. He also discussed his history of psychiatric treatment and complained about how New York's mayor is dealing with homeless people on ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...