• France to shut down 'Jungle' migrant camp early next week

    France to shut down 'Jungle' migrant camp early next week

    Oct 21, 2016 09:37 PM EDT

    ... half of the people in the 'Jungle' won't find a place in the relocation process," Frederic Amiel an official with Emmaus, the British-based homelessness charity, told the Associated Press. "They will disperse and return,” he added. The camp, located in northern France, has become a hub for migrants ...

  • Column: The claim that if wages go up, jobs will go down is not a theory -- it's a scam

    Column: The claim that if wages go up, jobs will go down is not a theory -- it's a scam

    Oct 05, 2016 04:40 PM EDT

    ... like for a typical minimum wage worker, barely hanging on, always a paycheck away from financial ruin and the economic abyss. And by abyss, think homelessness — think real hunger: not the hunger that comes from working through lunch or from starting a new diet, but from not having enough money ...

  • Trump’s new campaign manager challenges Clinton on policy

    Trump’s new campaign manager challenges Clinton on policy

    Aug 17, 2016 11:14 PM EDT

    ... politician for decades, and why in all of our big cities, we have Democratic mayors, and we have a rise in poverty and crime and homelessness, a rise in unemployment. So, I think he's taking the case right back to Hillary Clinton, which is really his best shot at ...

  • Hot in Cleveland? The city’s new, cool Public Square

    Hot in Cleveland? The city’s new, cool Public Square

    Jul 13, 2016 11:42 PM EDT

    ... that there was a lot of skepticism about public space, that public space was seen as a waste of taxpayer money, filled with litter, or homelessness, or crime, or just empty space. I think we have seen a renaissance. If you can create these great spaces where people can come ...

  • ‘Ending AIDS’ in New York means finding the most vulnerable

    ‘Ending AIDS’ in New York means finding the most vulnerable

    Jul 13, 2016 11:18 PM EDT

    ... for low-income HIV-positive people in New York. King was also instrumental in the creation of New York's broader HIV plan. He says homelessness is a clear risk factor for acquiring HIV. CHARLES KING: It doesn't matter what risk category you fall into, if you're a ...

  • How the housing markets in 5 U.S. cities may have cost you $5,000 in lost wages

    How the housing markets in 5 U.S. cities may have cost you $5,000 in lost wages

    Jun 23, 2016 09:18 PM EDT

    ... the average American worker in all the American territories if five American cities were to loosen their housing policies? READ MORE: The housing shortage and homelessness in San Francisco. Is there a solution? Enrico Moretti:  Yes, if these five American cities were to lower the level of land use regulation ...

  • The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard

    The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard

    Jun 02, 2016 11:16 PM EDT

    Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality are fighting to change this with the new Yes-In-My-Back-Yard movement. Special correspondent Duarte Geraldino reports.

  • Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special

    Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special

    Jun 02, 2016 01:39 AM EDT

    President Barack Obama joins Gwen Ifill for a town hall conversation in Elkhart, Indiana, on topics ranging from the economic recovery, education and student debt, political civility, Syrian refugees and more.

  • Why activists are fighting over feral felines

    Why activists are fighting over feral felines

    Jan 22, 2016 11:07 PM EDT

    With an estimated 80 million feral cats in communities across the United States, there is growing a controversy on how to deal with them. Euthanizing cats has been the traditional approach, but many animal rights activists believe that approach is cruel and inhumane. Adithya Sambamurthy of Reveal for the Center for Investigative Reporting has the...

  • VA chief to Congress: You can't fire your way to excellence

    VA chief to Congress: You can't fire your way to excellence

    Jan 21, 2016 10:54 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is pushing back against claims by members of Congress that the VA has not fired enough people to turn around the scandal-plagued agency.