As Texas’ governor promotes sensational stories of homeless violence and threatens a state crackdown, the people living on Austin’s streets tell a different story.
Nobody in America should be homeless. Nobody in Chicago should be homeless. So, listen up, mister Mayor, and all you Mayor wannabes: What we need now is a homes guarantee: a home for everyone who needs one.
One in 10 Bay Area residents earns too little to cover the cost of living; of those, 62 percent earn too much to qualify for food stamps.
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Profiles of three advocates for the homeless in Los Angeles. In select theaters now.
A study of poverty and drug addiction in the slums outside Madrid reveals the callous and destructive nature of the neoliberal city.
U.N. study finds growing numbers of Americans are living in the most impoverished circumstances. The growth of extreme poverty in the land of plenty is an indicator that we shouldn't be talking about how to slash spending on social programs, but how to expand services and better meet the needs of the vulnerable among us. One and a half million American households live in extreme poverty today, nearly twice as many as 20 years ago.
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Busking in Leeds (England) on New Year's Eve I was joined by a homeless man in a wheelchair who asked if he could sing with me. My spontaneous street jam with Bernard Davey was a soul-affirming, enriching experience that summed up everything I love about street culture.
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