• Why aren’t high school students graduating? New report sheds light

    Why aren’t high school students graduating? New report sheds light

    May 20, 2014 07:34 PM EDT

    ... family. According to the report, 30 percent of participants said abuse was a major factor in their decision to leave high school--22 percent said homelessness and 18 percent said spending time in juvenile detention. Additionally, participants said school policies that create unsafe, unsupportive, or disrespectful school climates also contributed ...

  • Seattle's Socialist councilwoman on why capitalism offers nothing for young people

    Seattle's Socialist councilwoman on why capitalism offers nothing for young people

    Apr 23, 2014 06:07 PM EDT

    ... Every single day I see new people who are homeless who weren’t homeless the day before. And you know who is predominantly affected by homelessness? It’s youth -- young people who have no future. Capitalism has nothing to offer the younger generation. We are going through the worst recession ...

  • Cities crack down on homeless living in vehicles

    Cities crack down on homeless living in vehicles

    Apr 18, 2014 10:55 PM EDT

    ... people living in their cars face a fine as high as $1,000 or a six-month jail sentence. These measures are a response to homelessness, which has increased in certain metro areas during the recession, despite a nationwide dip: "With the dearth of affordable housing for folks, sometime they ...

  • As benefits expire, long-term unemployed make do with less

    As benefits expire, long-term unemployed make do with less

    Feb 22, 2014 03:53 PM EDT

    ... ve gotten that three times from Delta, so… TRACY MOSLEY: You hear the-- the theory that some people are just a couple paychecks away from homelessness. Well, we actually see that. JOHN CARLOS FREY: Tracy Mosley is the Transition Program Coordinator for the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, an organization ...

  • Picturing hunger in America

    Picturing hunger in America

    Feb 18, 2014 07:38 PM EDT

    ... is a former paralegal who suffers from autism. One is a family practice physician. A third woman is HIV-positive and has struggled with chronic homelessness. A fourth just got off government assistance and is now an executive director of a local non-profit organization. Their photos are as diverse ...

  • San Francisco’s last working-class neighborhood gets left behind in boom times

    San Francisco’s last working-class neighborhood gets left behind in boom times

    Feb 12, 2014 01:27 AM EDT

    ... who don't smell good, who are incontinent, who talk to themselves, those are things that could scare you, yes. But we don't criminalize homelessness in San Francisco. SPENCER MICHELS: Meanwhile, San Francisco is changing rapidly. Other older, modest neighborhoods have been gentrifying, with the poor residents moving out ...

  • Filmmakers explore sex trafficking abuses in 'Tricked' documentary

    Filmmakers explore sex trafficking abuses in 'Tricked' documentary

    Feb 01, 2014 09:30 PM EDT

    ... one of them is the socioeconomic factors that make people more vulnerable to the manipulation that comes from pimps. And that can be runaway children, homelessness, hunger, and other factors. We weren't able to touch deeply on that and that's a huge factor. I think that there is ...

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    Vets in Boston help each other stay off the streets

    Dec 24, 2013 09:50 PM EDT

    ... which funds the effort, is considering doubling the size of the team in the coming year. President Barack Obama's administration has pledged to eliminate homelessness among veterans by the end of 2015. And while the rate has been dropping, time is running short. So communities such as Boston are ...

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    South Carolina city council reconsiders its policy on the homeless

    Sep 09, 2013 07:40 PM EDT

    Video still by PBS NewsHour Check out the excellent coverage by the reporters on the ground @yesevamoore of @FreeTimesSC. Hari Sreenivasan reported how various cities from Bogota, Columbia to Columbia, S.C. are responding to homelessness.

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    Blacks, Hispanics More Optimistic than Whites

    Aug 01, 2013 04:48 PM EDT

    A new poll that shows minorities' continued optimism about their economic future comes at a time when President Obama is promoting his economic message. Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON -- Americans' attitudes about their economic future are sharply divided by race, with whites significantly less likely than blacks or Hispanics to think they can improve...