homelessness

Surviving Without a Safety Net

Mar 9, 2010
People are just barely hanging on at employment offices, homeless shelters, food banks and community centers around the country Help is needed right away and Barack Obama is struggling to give itPeople are just barely hanging on at employment offices around the country.
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Fueling the Fire of Real Change

Sep 29, 2008
The coals of radical social change smolder among the poor, the homeless and the destitute. As the numbers of disenfranchised dramatically increase, our hope, our only hope, is to connect intimately with the daily injustices visited upon them. Out of this contact we can resurrect, from the ground up, a social ethic, a new movement.

Tent Cities Springing Up

Sep 19, 2008
One sign of the nation's shaky economy can be seen in the growing numbers of newly homeless people forming "tent cities" around the U.S. The rise of these encampments is being attributed partly to the foreclosure crisis in the housing market, and the newest economic developments aren't likely to ease the situation.

No Respite for Quake Victims

May 28, 2008
The ground is still shaking in China weeks after a massive earthquake that killed more than 67,000 and left millions homeless. Multiple aftershocks have hampered rescue and reconstruction efforts and added to the damage that ravaged Sichuan province.

In Orlando, Charity Can Be a Crime

Apr 6, 2007
A 21-year-old Floridian was arrested in Orlando for feeding a group of 30 homeless people. It is illegal in Orlando to feed more than 25 destitute people without a permit, which can be obtained only twice a year. As if to drive home the absurdity of the law, authorities took a sample of Eric Montanez's illegal stew for evidence.