• Albuquerque mayor: Here’s a crazy idea, let’s give homeless people jobs

    Albuquerque mayor: Here’s a crazy idea, let’s give homeless people jobs

    Nov 26, 2015 11:23 PM EST

    ... where they can get all of their important mail. We also have a huge mental health facility, and we address all the major causes of homelessness and try to resolve them on this campus. MAN: I`m homeless, I`m hungry. KATHLEEN MCCLEERY: St. Martin sends an outreach team to ...

  • Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery to honor veterans

    Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery to honor veterans

    Nov 11, 2015 02:00 PM EST

    ... on Wednesday, the president said the nation is boosting funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs and making progress on longstanding problems such as veteran homelessness and in reducing a backlog of disability claims. But other problems must still be addressed. "Still the unacceptable problems that we've seen, like ...

  • What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    Oct 12, 2015 07:26 PM EST

    ... in Chicago, Ulanday Barrett found community among poets and performance artists, both groups that welcomed them as a gender non-conforming, working-class youth experiencing homelessness. Poetry is particularly important in giving visibility and voice to people who are disabled and LGBTQ -- people who are too often silenced, or told ...

  • American Graduate Day 2015 celebrates efforts to build student success

    American Graduate Day 2015 celebrates efforts to build student success

    Oct 03, 2015 01:59 PM EST

    ... who had taken unique paths to overcome challenges in order to graduate. Their Road to Graduation series profiles teens who overcame immigration problems, poverty and homelessness to reach their goal. This year, the PBS NewsHour American Graduate reporting team brought us stories of school success from across the U.S ...

  • Artists who have lived on the street get space to create

    Artists who have lived on the street get space to create

    Jun 29, 2015 11:16 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Now a story of hope. The RedLine art gallery in Denver helps artists who have experienced homelessness and other hardships. Here, in their own words, the artists talk about how the Reach Studio program has changed their lives. GONZO, Artist: My name's Gonzo. I have been ...

  • LA's ambitious plan to house every homeless veteran

    LA's ambitious plan to house every homeless veteran

    Jun 13, 2015 05:41 PM EST

    ... never happened before. MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI: It's never happened.  But when I was campaigning for mayor I said, "I don't wanna just manage homelessness." We needed to take a discrete population to give people the confidence that if we can end veterans' homelessness , we can attack chronic homelessness ...

  • Architects rethinking design of housing for formerly homeless residents

    Architects rethinking design of housing for formerly homeless residents

    Jun 13, 2015 05:16 PM EST

    ... thousands of people across the United States are living on the streets. Many advocates are pushing for a new model, permanent supportive housing, to reduce homelessness. The model prioritizes a stable place to live and has been shown to keep people from falling back into homelessness. Increasingly, people are also ...

  • Street Sense gives homeless creative tools to build careers and help others

    Street Sense gives homeless creative tools to build careers and help others

    Jun 02, 2015 11:10 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: As homelessness has grown in cities across the country, more so-called street papers have cropped up to help tell the story. We went back to look again at how one newspaper in the nation's capital is doing 10 years later. The NewsHour's Anne Davenport ...

  • Homeless men, now auteurs, challenge preconceptions through filmmaking

    Homeless men, now auteurs, challenge preconceptions through filmmaking

    Jun 02, 2015 10:28 PM EST

    ... film was produced as a collaboration with other filmmakers in the co-op who were eager to share their stories while challenging preconceived notions about homelessness. All three films, “I Am Levester Joe Green II,” “Fairness Rising,” and “Late Show,” can be viewed on Vimeo here. The female directors’ showcase ...

  • LGBT youth home welcomes population accustomed to insecurity

    LGBT youth home welcomes population accustomed to insecurity

    May 22, 2015 05:23 PM EST

    ... then once you have that record, it makes everything that much harder.” Dank said she thinks the first step in addressing the problem of LGBT homelessness is to have more affirming spaces like Corado’s group house, which allows residents to stay for up to 18 months. She says that ...