Tag: homelessness
Jeff Bezos’ housing hypocrisy: Millions to fight homelessness, more to fuel...
While Jeff Bezos donates to fight homelessness, his investment in single-family homes raises alarms about exacerbating the housing crisis.
Sky-high US housing costs fuel record surge in homelessness
"The COVID relief funds provided a buffer. We're seeing what happens when those resources aren't available."
The rise of private cops: How not to tackle homelessness
Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to “clean up” the human debris of capitalism.
Democrats propose $300 billion investment to treat housing as human right
"The crisis of housing instability is one that can be fixed by investing in housing infrastructure and supportive services for vulnerable communities."
Empty tables
Food is certainly plentiful in the United States. And yet enough of it never reaches the tables of those who struggle to make ends meet.
Biden unveils plan to reduce homelessness 25% by 2025
"The fundamental solution to homelessness is housing," says the White House roadmap. "When a person is housed, they have a platform to address all their needs, no matter how complex."
Challenges homeless people face in getting jobs
All too often, homeless persons are unfairly blamed for their plight.
‘You only get what you’re organized to take’—lessons from the National...
“You can’t talk about the problems of poverty — the pain of it, the daily struggles to survive, the plight, the fight and the insight — without involving the newly emerging leaders from the growing ranks of the poor.”
Is there homelessness in our future?
The only solution to homelessness is a combination of providing for more low cost housing and boosting income.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.