A Crash Course on How to Handle Homelessness

By Joel Bellman Nov 15, 2019 Here’s why previous efforts haven’t worked, and what to do instead, from an education gleaned in the streets of Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Road to Homelessness

Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune, UT Nov 7, 2019 Dig deeper

The Radical Vision of a ‘Homes Guarantee’ for All

Celisa Calacal Oct 22, 2019 An ambitious new plan aims to combat the growing housing crisis across the country on multiple fronts, and its creators are thinking big. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Presidential Candidates Refuse to Discuss the Country’s Worst Crisis

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 18, 2019 America’s homelessness problem is in plain view around the nation but conspicuously absent on the campaign trail. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

We’re Having the Wrong Mental Health Conversation

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 18, 2019 Two crises facing Americans—mental health and homelessness—are inextricably linked. The failure to see this has only made things worse. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

4 Homeless Men Beaten to Death With Pipe in New York City

VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 The 24-year-old suspected assailant, who is also homeless, is in custody, accused of assaulting people as they slept in the Chinatown area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s Repugnant New Attack on the Homeless

Jacqueline Luquman / The Real News Network Sep 30, 2019 Gabe Holland of the Los Angeles Times explains why so many are living on the streets, and how we ignore the root causes of this crisis. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Census: Inequality Grew, Including in Heartland States

MIKE SCHNEIDER / The Associated Press Sep 26, 2019 The gap between the haves and have-nots in the U.S. is at its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Singles Out California’s Homeless for Abuse

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Sep 19, 2019 He says he will issue a violation for their “tremendous pollution.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Media Insist on Repackaging Terrifying Stories as ‘Uplifting’

Alan MacLeod / FAIR Jul 21, 2019 A popular news trend of supposedly positive stories reveal the dire conditions of late capitalism so many Americans now live under. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Homegrown Crisis California Refuses to Own

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 5, 2019 One of the wealthiest, most liberal states in America has created a humanitarian emergency that only those who caused it can address. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: America Has Forgotten the Warnings of FDR

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Mar 21, 2019 The 32nd president understood that rampant inequality could unleash the "spirit of fascism" at home. It's a lesson worth revisiting. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )