• These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    Oct 12, 2017 08:28 PM EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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.

  • This artist turns construction waste into sculptures and paintings

    This artist turns construction waste into sculptures and paintings

    Jul 23, 2017 08:29 PM EDT

    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 ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump's tweets

    5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump's tweets

    Jul 05, 2017 08:45 PM EDT

    After another week and another series of Trump tweets that stole the media’s attention, these important stories may have gotten lost in your news feed.

  • Is the 'creative class' saving our cities, or making them impossible to live in?

    Is the 'creative class' saving our cities, or making them impossible to live in?

    Jun 01, 2017 07:59 PM EDT

    The clustering of the "creative class" -- professionals in the arts, in the media, in tech -- has brought growth and innovation to cities, but has also led to "the new urban crisis," author Richard Florida tells the NewsHour's Paul Solman.

  • Column: The patients we do not see

    Column: The patients we do not see

    May 08, 2017 08:45 PM EDT

    A New York City doctor mulls the reasons why some patients refuse to seek care -- and what needs to change.