• Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need

    Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need

    Nov 24, 2017 12:34 AM EST

    ... the county with more than 150 sleeping on the streets. Christine Wade and her six children, with one on the way, have been struggling with homelessness for three years. The family moved into the camp the morning it opened. Christine Wade: It was a beautiful moment because being out there ...

  • Texas governor wants to double state guard in wake of Harvey

    Texas governor wants to double state guard in wake of Harvey

    Nov 12, 2017 02:44 PM EST

    ... a broader policy plan surrounding veterans and the military that Abbott is rolling out early in his re-election campaign. It includes plans to reduce homelessness among veterans and more access to mental health services. In 2015, the relatively obscure Texas State Guard received national attention after Abbott drew ridicule ...

  • Judy Woodruff

    Judy Woodruff

    Oct 13, 2017 03:58 PM EST

    ... Forum, The Duke Endowment and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and is a director of Public Radio International and the National Association to End Homelessness. She is a former member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, a former director of the National Museum of American History and a ...

  • These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    Oct 12, 2017 08:28 PM EST

    ... afford it. Joseph Pinion, outreach chair for the New York Young Republicans and chairman of the Conservative Color Coalition, said the second leading cause of homelessness for families, in places like Colorado, is the inability to pay energy and utility bills. So with new technologies and advancing systems, wind energy ...

  • An outbreak waiting to happen: hepatitis A marches through San Diego’s homeless community

    An outbreak waiting to happen: hepatitis A marches through San Diego’s homeless community

    Oct 08, 2017 02:18 PM EST

    ... case occurred at the end of November.) The outbreak may be bringing much-needed attention to such grim realities. “This is a warning shot that homelessness is something we can’t ignore,” said Dr. Jeffrey Norris, the medical director for a health center embedded within Father Joe’s Villages, a ...

  • Navigating Seattle's ever-evolving streets through poetry

    Navigating Seattle's ever-evolving streets through poetry

    Sep 29, 2017 11:17 PM EST

    ... The poems for the grid span the city. Some are about home, memories of growing up in the affluent Blue Ridge neighborhood. Others are about homelessness, the cold concrete of a Seattle underpass. There are poems left in their native tongues, Spanish, Arabic. The writers run from well-established poets ...

  • 5 important stories you might have missed

    5 important stories you might have missed

    Sep 20, 2017 08:33 PM EST

    nial homelessness count. California has long had a problem with homelessness. But what's catching officials by surprise is where exactly that population is booming. Counties along the state’s Western border -- rural, blue-collar communities where Californians have often sought refuge from the tech boom and the crippling cost ...

  • Detroit's tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives

    Detroit's tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives

    Aug 22, 2017 11:29 PM EST

    Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option -- a living space that’s no more than 400 square feet. But in Detroit, these diminutive dwellings have a lofty goal: giving homeless and low-income people a chance at homeownership. Jeffrey Brown reports.

  • This artist turns construction waste into sculptures and paintings

    This artist turns construction waste into sculptures and paintings

    Jul 23, 2017 08:29 PM EST

    Sheri Crider wants to know why Americans want new and shiny things -- and what they do with the rest.

  • In pain and with nowhere to go, homeless patients find respite in a writing group

    In pain and with nowhere to go, homeless patients find respite in a writing group

    Jul 09, 2017 07:00 PM EST

    At McInnis House in Boston, one of around 80 medical respite facilitates for homeless individuals in the U.S., a writing group provide patients with something less tangible than medical care.