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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 ...
... but a big idea. ED FOWLER: It's really about home ownership and the American dream for people who stopped dreaming. We really were looking at not only eliminating homelessness, but with dealing with poverty for people. JEFFREY BROWN: For the PBS NewsHour, I’m Jeffrey Brown in Detroit, Michigan.
Sheri Crider wants to know why Americans want new and shiny things -- and what they do with the rest. It’s a question she has asked for years, going back to when she was using drugs and alcohol, experiencing homelessness and serving time, a period where she felt cut off ...
... a rough journey: Bates, who grew up in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, got into drugs as an adult and has faced bouts of homelessness. He has been married twice. He’s raised children. He’s lived in Virginia, in Connecticut, and now is back in his hometown. Bates ...
... A new survey reveals 1 in 5 Los Angeles community college students are homeless A new report released last week spotlighted the high rates of homelessness and "food insecurity" among the 230,000 students enrolled in Los Angeles' community colleges, the Los Angeles Times reported. The survey found that about ...
... households. So I think it’s very, very hard, and especially in areas where education matters, it’s harder. READ MORE: The housing shortage and homelessness in San Francisco. Is there a solution? PAUL SOLMAN: It reminds me of the theme of inevitability. What’s happening is not only clustering ...
A New York City doctor mulls the reasons why some patients refuse to seek care -- and what needs to change.
Carson has no government or housing policy experience. Despite that, his nomination cleared a Senate committee in January on a unanimous vote.
On Tuesday, Mark Peterson was in Norfolk, Virginia, preparing to chase down members of Congress at a town hall. On Wednesday, he planned to go to Washington, D.C. to photograph the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The work hasn’t stopped for the political photographer since the presidential campaign, when he documented the candidates and...
In Spinelli's new book, "The Warden’s Daughter," the Newberry Award-winning author tells the story of a girl growing up without a mother in a county prison.
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