Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 21, 2012
The recession has left tens of thousands of young people with inadequate or no jobs struggling to find a home, even if they possess college credits or work histories. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 12, 2012
This spring more than 43,000 people, including a record 17,000 children, slept in New York City homeless shelters each night. The average length of a family’s stay in a shelter has increased to nearly one year, with the number of people sleeping in shelters currently at an all time high. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 11, 2012
Research confirms what the poor have always known about their relationship with the wealthy: They're more likely to get a scavenged sandwich from a tramp than a nickel from a man in pinstripes. Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies show.Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies have found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 21, 2012
Life for most of us can be carefully—if unintentionally—structured to avoid confrontation with the sea of human misery, despair and hopelessness around us Whatever his intention, British photographer Lee Jeffries is interrupting the arrangementLife for most of us can be carefully structured to avoid confrontation with the sea of human misery, despair and hopelessness around us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 17, 2012
Friends tell the Los Angeles Times that Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo returned from Iraq a changed man. The ex-Marine from Orange County, Calif., is accused of killing four homeless men, each stabbed more than 40 times. "He's a veteran who did not get the help he needed," said a fellow Marine, adding that she had trusted Ocampo with her life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 1, 2012
There are more than five times as many vacant homes in the US as there are homeless people, according to Amnesty International USA Since 2007, banks have shuttered about 8 million American houses, almost doubling the previous number, while 35 million homeless shiver in the coldSince 2007, banks have shuttered about 8 million American houses, almost doubling the previous number, while 3. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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