Homeless Hotels Failing Grade
State lawmakers release a scathing report on the city’s homeless hotels. With the mayor less than thrilled we’ll break down the findings with an expert on a situation spiraling out of control.
Public Assistance
About Getting Ahead
Getting Ahead, a one hour documentary from Tavis Smiley and WNET, takes a granular look at how increasing the minimum wage is playing out in four Northern California cities where pay increases have been in place for at least two…
Behind the Scenes of Getting Ahead
New Faces of Hunger in NYC
About 1.4 million New Yorkers - many of them women, children, elderly and disabled - rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. Tonight's latest installment of our ongoing reporting initiative, Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America, takes a…
Housing Assistance Program Allowed to Expire, Leaving People Homeless, Says NJ Senate Pres
Senate President Steve Sweeney says the state Department of Human Services' decision to let two housing assistance pilot programs expire has led to some people's homelessness.
Eating Well On $4 A Day
How can someone realistically eat on $4 a day? In this "Chasing the Dream" segment, we speak with New York University graduate Leanne Brown, who developed a resource for those who face this reality or anyone in need of stretching…