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... despite going without offers for two days. Police complain that the seasonal nature of the farming means that many job-seekers go without work, exacerbating homelessness. They also worry about the risk of people driving under the influence of marijuana. Law enforcement officials are urging voters to reject the measure ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: You will probably be surprised to hear that hunger and homelessness is a growing problem for thousands of college students across the country, particularly among those who are the first in their families to pursue a degree. This is forcing some universities to figure out new ways ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
The housing markets in five U.S. cities have prevented aggregate U.S. GDP from growing further and in doing so may have cost the average American worker $5,000 in lost wages.
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.
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.
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