Floods Stir Social Unrest in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2010 Pakistan's extraordinarily unfortunate season of flooding has left at least 1,600 people dead and 2 million homeless, and now the Pakistani government's poor response to the disaster has led to threats of social unrest and military takeover. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flooding Kills at Least 42, Strands 115,000 in Brazil

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2010 Dozens of cities in Brazil were in a state of emergency Tuesday after massive flooding in the north of the country killed at least 43 people and left more than 115,000 homeless, according to CNN. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Shakes Haitian’s Hand, Wipes His on Clinton

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2010 Note to anyone considering running for president: If you win, or even if you don't, you must repeat to yourself "I am always in a fishbowl" as many times as necessary to have it sink in better than it apparently did for George W Bush (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Surviving Without a Safety Net

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whatever Happened to the Haitians?

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L.A. Tagged as the City Meanest to the Homeless

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2009 True, the weather hardly ever departs from the ideal range, and the mountain and oceanside vistas (when visible through the smog) can make for picturesque living in Los Angeles provided you have somewhere to live For the homeless, as two advocacy agencies have noted, LA seems downright mean. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Kick-Start for the Homeless

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2009 Four years ago, Lawrence Cann founded Street Soccer USA, an organization that empowers the homeless by giving them both a new perspective on the way they see themselves and a welcome break from daily problems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not Limbaugh’s Crowd

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Thousands Join Obamas for Day of Service

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2009 It looks like Barack Obama's national community service day was a big hit. Reports of thousands of volunteers are appearing in newspaper pages from New York to Philadelphia to San Francisco. Did you participate in your own community? Let us know in the comments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fueling the Fire of Real Change

Chris Hedges / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tent Cities Springing Up

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chronically Homeless Numbers Down 30%, U.S. Claims

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 In the face of a U.S. housing crisis and a troubled economy, Bush administration officials claim that the past two years have seen a 30 percent drop in the levels of chronically homeless people, crediting the decrease to a strategy of finding permanent shelter for the long-ignored disabled and addicted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )