• 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 ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    “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 EDT

    “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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents

    Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents

    Feb 25, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

    ... such as whether a household lives in a census tract with a high percentage of low income renter at risk of experiencing housing instability or homelessness. Applications are available in five languages and priority given to those most in need, not those who are first to apply. “Our collective efforts ...

  • Monthly checks, child tax credits: What will help end poverty?

    Monthly checks, child tax credits: What will help end poverty?

    Jan 09, 2022 11:02 PM EDT

    ... looked at guaranteed income programs in Stockton, California, in Hudson, New York, and Gary, Indiana, and San Francisco, where they were dealing with people experiencing homelessness. What do you see as the future for guaranteed income and how do you see guaranteed income being scaled up on a national level ...

  • 1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help

    1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help

    Dec 30, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

    Albert, who grew up in the foster care system herself in King County, Washington, struggled to work through the trauma she experienced as a kid, and like many who grow up in the system, she had also experienced homelessness, mental health issues, and incarceration. Before rights were terminated, Albert had ...