Tag: Homelessness

Viral New York Subway Video Reignites Fears and Anxieties. But Should We Be Looking Deeper?

Amira Hunter, 23, was released on Thursday after a viral video emerged of the young unhoused woman hitting a New York City subway cellist with a water bottle. She was arrested on Wednesday, two weeks after the attack. Black Designers At NYFW AfroFuturism Event Pay Homage To Fashion Icons Of The Past Through Today’s Fashion […]

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Karen Alert: Shocking Video of Washington Council Member Yelling at Unhoused People

A video of a Burien City Council Member yelling at unhoused people in front of her luxury condo has rocked the small Washington State community. You Know Mario Van Peebles The Filmmaker. Now Meet The Grandson Of Two Changemakers | My Family Story Off English In a video first obtained by the local B-town Blog, […]

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Shocking Video of Washington Council Member Yelling at Unhoused People

A video of a Burien City Council Member yelling at unhoused people in front of her luxury condo has rocked the small Washington State community. Black Designers At NYFW AfroFuturism Event Pay Homage To Fashion Icons Of The Past Through Today’s Fashion Off English In a video first obtained by the local B-town Blog, council […]

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The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Criminalizing Homelessness

If it does so, that will have ramifications for all unhoused people, from those who have been chronically homeless for some time to those currently falling into homelessness. And that last category is a large one: In the time since the January 2023 homeless count, there have been at least 1,076,396 evictions across 10 states […]

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TikTok Raised $400k for This Homeless Man, But He’s Now Allegedly Been Exposed as an Abuser?

Last week, a TikTok video posted by a college student named Sanai Graden went viral after she helped a homeless man who simply asked for a cup of hot tea. Carla Hall Related To Danny Glover? Maybe. The Chef Shares Her Roots & Granny’s Influence | My Family Story Off English Graden was vlogging her […]

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Democratic Congress Members Call on Biden To Fight Criminalization of Homelessness

Amid rising national homelessness, four Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday expressing their “deep concerns” about the national trend toward criminalizing unhoused people and calling on the administration to address the issue. The request comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could allow cities […]

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What It’s Like to Be an Addict – and Homeless

This article originally appeared on VICE Belgium. Transit is a non-profit organisation in Brussels that’s welcomed homeless people with addiction since 1995. The programme allows drug users to stay at a recovery facility for 13 days, and receive medical and psychological support. The focus is not on ending the patients’ drug use entirely, but helping […]

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Housing Crisis Update: Unhoused People Are Living In Elaborate Cave Networks Now

For years now, California’s lack of affordable housing has led people to seek shelter in public parks and cars, along roads and highways and on sidewalks. More recently, people have been forced underground, digging caves into riverbanks and building out rooms with ersatz furniture and home decor. A local CBS News affiliate reported this month […]

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Montreal Libraries Will Be Able to Kick Out People for Smelling Bad

Photo by Gunnar Ridderström/Pexels A new bylaw that will allow some libraries in Montreal to fine and kick out visitors who have poor personal hygiene starting January 1 is being criticized as an attack on unhoused people.  The new rules for public libraries ban people from sleeping indoors, bringing in bedbugs, blocking library doors, and […]

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San Francisco’s Xi Homeless Sweep Was Cheered by the Right. It Was Also Illegal, Advocates Say

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – Police arrive to help escort vehicles blocked by protestors of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation global trade summit headed for the Moscone Center on November, 12, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Hundreds of unsheltered people living in tent encampments in the blocks surrounding the Moscone Convention Center […]

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Amid Migrant Influx, Massachusetts Will No Longer Guarantee Shelter

The emergency shelter system in Massachusetts has been stretched to its breaking point, Gov. Maura Healey said on Monday, and the state will no longer guarantee shelter placements for new arrivals beginning next month, despite a law that says eligible families must be offered temporary housing. The announcement comes after months of escalating pressure on […]

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Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

Six years later, in Powell v. Texas, the high court upheld a state law that criminalized public intoxication. In that case, a plurality of justices reasoned that while Robinson’s ruling was still valid, the Texas law did not run afoul of it because it criminalized an act, not a status. Justice Thurgood Marshall, writing for […]

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Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

Six years later, in Powell v. Texas, the high court upheld a state law that criminalized public intoxication. In that case, a plurality of justices reasoned that while Robinson’s ruling was still valid, the Texas law did not run afoul of it because it criminalized an act, not a status. Justice Thurgood Marshall, writing for […]

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T.I.’s Son Responds to Criticism for Offering Homeless Man $50 To Do One Chip Challenge

There’s a serious contempt for the unhoused in this country and it needs to be stopped. From aggressive architecture, to legislation and laws specifically designed to target the homeless, America has a lack of compassion for those who are struggling to get back on their feet. This issue can be seen on full display in […]

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Researchers Gave Unhoused People $7,500. What Happened Next Is Incredible.

When looking at ways to alleviate homelessness, more researchers are suggesting that policymakers give people money, even lots of money, upfront. And a growing body of evidence backs this up.  A study in Canada published August 29 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found that lump sum payments of $7,500 […]

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