• How a coronavirus vaccine will get to market

    How a coronavirus vaccine will get to market

    Jul 08, 2020 10:43 PM EST

    ... increased risk of exposure. She emphasized that we must also consider how to make the vaccine available to undocumented people, low-income people, those experiencing homelessness, and other populations that often struggle with health care access. People in these situations, she noted, can be the same ones doing essential work ...

  • Why more renters are being evicted in the middle of the pandemic

    Why more renters are being evicted in the middle of the pandemic

    Jul 07, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... able to pay rent in April. That's causing housing advocates to warn of what they see as a worst-case scenario, a spike in homelessness right in the middle of the pandemic. That could expose more people to the virus, if they end up in shelters, where it's ...

  • Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

    Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

    Jun 29, 2020 06:47 PM EST

    ... ordinances avoid the same fate. Kahn said he designs them to target the conduct of panhandlers, not their speech. "I'm not attempting to regulate homelessness," Kahn said. "I'm not attempting to prohibit it, encourage it or anything. I'm regulating panhandling." Daytona Beach paid him $30,000 to ...

  • Past pandemics have reshaped society. Will coronavirus do the same?

    Past pandemics have reshaped society. Will coronavirus do the same?

    Jun 22, 2020 10:20 PM EST

    ... the pandemic reinforced the status quo. Nancy Bristow: In the midst of the pandemic, people who were poor might suffer from cold and hunger and homelessness. People of color would find themselves excluded from the emergency hospitals that were produced. And yet, in the aftermath, there was no movement to ...

  • Judge approves housing for 7,000 Los Angeles homeless living near freeways

    Judge approves housing for 7,000 Los Angeles homeless living near freeways

    Jun 18, 2020 09:51 PM EST

    ... a lawsuit filed in March by the LA Alliance for Human Rights, which accused officials in greater Los Angeles of failing to comprehensively address the homelessness crisis. In addition to the original category of homeless people living near freeways, the new agreement adds those 65 or older or who have ...

  • Read Trump's full executive order on policing

    Read Trump's full executive order on policing

    Jun 16, 2020 08:14 PM EST

    (b) The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as appropriate, identify and develop opportunities to train law enforcement officers with respect to encounters with individuals suffering from impaired mental health, homelessness, and addiction; to increase the capacity of social workers working directly ...

  • How Minneapolis is trying to reimagine the future of policing

    How Minneapolis is trying to reimagine the future of policing

    Jun 15, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... it to shift some of the $193 million annual police department budget to community-based programs. Councillors say they want to address underlying problems, like homelessness and other symptoms of poverty that drive crime and violence. Critics of the Council's move say they are alarmed by the lack of ...

  • Trump executive order on police reform expected to include use of force guidelines, misconduct tracker, source says

    Trump executive order on police reform expected to include use of force guidelines, misconduct tracker, source says

    Jun 15, 2020 03:49 AM EST

    a directive to the secretary of Health and Human Services to work on encouraging police departments to involve mental health officials when dealing with issues of mental health, homelessness, and addiction; a directive to encourage Congress to pass legislation related to policing. (Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus introduced the ...

  • Atlanta shooting underscores need for police reforms

    Atlanta shooting underscores need for police reforms

    Jun 14, 2020 09:09 PM EST

    Marc Morial:  If we are going to talk about de-escalation? Then we have to rethink, and this is what's important, how we handle various types of incidents, whether it's with homelessness, whether it's people on the street who may have mental issues. If those are appropriate ...

  • News Wrap: Trump defends Juneteenth rally in Tulsa as ‘a celebration’

    News Wrap: Trump defends Juneteenth rally in Tulsa as ‘a celebration’

    Jun 12, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... we have seen outbreaks in certain occupational settings, in long-term care facilities. Early on, we saw clusters of infections in shelters for people experiencing homelessness. Judy Woodruff: The CDC also posted guidelines that had been expected for weeks. They range from avoiding elevators to safely attending concerts. They do ...