The Wilderness Worship is a mission without a formal home. Pastor Susanna Jeon says it's with the generosity of others that they are able to set up their popup kitchen and new clothing bins in a variety of sites around…
Millions of Americans live in mobile or manufactured homes that offer affordable housing. But manufactured homeowners often face serious, unique financial difficulties that can make them a bad bargain. NewsHour Weekend's Stephen Fee reports. This is part of an ongoing…
Like many cities with temperate climates, Sarasota, Florida, is struggling with a growing homeless population. A lawsuit against the city argues that the issuance of citations for sleeping outside while there's a lack of resources available has criminalized homelessness. Meanwhile…
On a moral level, most Americans agree that we should help the poor, but how exactly we go about it has become one of the most divisive issues in politics — and that’s saying a lot these days. The divide…
In Camden, a partnership to end homelessness turns the process upside down.
There are pockets all over the Garden State where there’s no fresh produce.
A striking lack of economic mobility exists in America, according to a new report released this week by the Brookings Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. Authors of the report, Kay Hymowitz and Larry Aber join NewsHour's Megan Thompson to…
Redeem-Her’s transitional house was launched in 2007 by a former inmate. The non-profit provides support services to women coming out of incarceration and rehab.
After JFK's assassination, we look at the legacy of the man who succeeded him: Lyndon B. Johnson. A cornerstone of his legacy was to the Great Society he founded to finally create real upward mobility for all Americans. But after…
2.8 million adults and 800,000 children lived in poverty in 2014, about a third of all New Jersey households.
The CDC says not smoking in public housing could save New Jersey $4.7 million.
Mom, Christina Corretjer, and daughter, Samantha, are shopping at The Peoples Pantry in Toms River.