• Strike-ending deal will shape Chicago schools for years

    Strike-ending deal will shape Chicago schools for years

    Nov 01, 2019 07:40 PM EST

    ... said Patricia Nix-Hodes, director of the Law Project at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. "I think it's visionary," she said. "A significant number of students in Chicago Public Schools are dealing with homelessness and housing instability, and you can't separate that from their education." Compromise areas

  • WATCH: At police conference, Trump slams Chicago for crime problems

    WATCH: At police conference, Trump slams Chicago for crime problems

    Oct 28, 2019 04:48 PM EST

    ... strike since Oct. 17. At the conference, Trump signed an executive order creating a presidential commission on law enforcement to study issues like substance abuse, homelessness and mental illness, the White House said. The order calls for establishing a framework for better training, recruiting and retaining law enforcement officers. The ...

  • Chicago teachers' strike highlights support staff shortages

    Chicago teachers' strike highlights support staff shortages

    Oct 22, 2019 04:43 PM EST

    ... student learning and teachers' work. They contend support staff is vital to properly address everyday student issues such as physical and mental health problems or homelessness. In Chicago, the nation's third-largest school district, the teachers who have been out on strike since last Thursday are seeking commitments for ...

  • Soaring housing costs stretch already-strapped college students

    Soaring housing costs stretch already-strapped college students

    Oct 15, 2019 10:30 PM EST

    ... and they all have their shared sink with shared bathrooms. Hari Sreenivasan: Sandra Guillory is the Philadelphia director of Depaul USA, a nonprofit focused on homelessness. They plan to rehab this convent to house 24 students from colleges across Philadelphia. Students will be asked to pay $150 a month. Sandra ...

  • Sanders plans to resume campaigning 'as soon as possible'

    Sanders plans to resume campaigning 'as soon as possible'

    Oct 10, 2019 04:46 PM EST

    ... get scared the way that our family did." But he added that many people are dealing "with a lot more pain than I am" including homelessness, working multiple jobs but not making enough money to pay the bills or forgoing college because of fears about being overwhelmed by debt. READ ...

  • Harris and Sanders set for 2020 showdown in delegate-rich California

    Harris and Sanders set for 2020 showdown in delegate-rich California

    Aug 22, 2019 01:31 PM EST

    ... like the Los Angeles region and the San Francisco Bay Area as states within a state, honing in on local concerns. On a recent swing, he discussed immigration in San Diego, homelessness in Los Angeles and housing in San Francisco, where a typical one-bedroom apartment rents for $3,500.

  • Experts reject Trump's call for mental hospitals to fight gun violence

    Experts reject Trump's call for mental hospitals to fight gun violence

    Aug 20, 2019 09:28 PM EST

    ... from state mental institutions or maybe would have been hospitalized in them, no longer were. And there were inadequate community based services. What resulted was homelessness, mental patients in nursing homes, and increasingly in jails.” President Jimmy Carter tried to restructure the community mental health care system with the Mental ...

  • July 22, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    July 22, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jul 23, 2019 12:03 AM EST

    ... to resign. Plus: A wave of anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Poland turns into violence, new attention on the 2018 resignation of Sen. Al Franken, Politics Monday with Tamara Keith and Amy Walter, conservative columnist George Will's new book, Harlem in pictures and how Detroit is addressing jobs and homelessness.

  • This Detroit nonprofit provides jobs, clothing and shelter all at once

    This Detroit nonprofit provides jobs, clothing and shelter all at once

    Jul 22, 2019 10:20 PM EST

    Communities across the country are struggling to create jobs and reduce homelessness. In Detroit, a nonprofit called Empowerment Plan has found a way to address both problems. The organization helps people in need with a unique, multipurpose garment, employment and a path toward continuing education. Special correspondent Mary Ellen Geist ...

  • 3 innovative ways former inmates are getting help to restart their lives

    3 innovative ways former inmates are getting help to restart their lives

    Jul 22, 2019 09:33 PM EST

    ... people are nearly 10 times as likely to be homeless as the average American. Weld Seattle, a nonprofit based in Washington state, aims to reduce homelessness by using vacant buildings as temporary housing until development officially begins. Since 2016, the group, founded by Amy and Brady King, has been reaching ...