AltWeeklies Wire
San Antonio Mulls Restrictions on Homeless Residentsnew
Over the past month, San Antonio's City Council, with prodding from fed-up downtown business owners and residents, has eyed stricter so-called panhandling laws, designed to crack down on aggressive solicitation.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-09-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness
Barefoot Crusade Against Veteran Suicidesnew
Ron Zaleski has been barefoot since 1972 — the length of time he's carried a burden of guilt for how he handled the moral difficulties of the Vietnam War.
Census Shows Striking Growth in Baltimore Homelessnessnew
Population swells nearly 20 percent in two years; ranks of homeless young people increase 50 percent.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
10-21-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Baltimore Homeless
Ain't Too Proud to Begnew
Six stories of hardscrabble lives on the streets of Detroit.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
10-07-2011 |
Homelessness
Welcome to Hopeville, U.S.A.new
An illustrated look at St. Louis's modern-day Hooverville.
Riverfront Times |
Timothy Lane |
09-20-2011 |
Homelessness
Betting the Farmnew
How did homeless men in Philly find themselves journeying to North Carolina to pick potatoes?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Kristen Mosbrucker |
09-12-2011 |
Features
Fed Upnew
Controversy over Food Not Bombs is just a distraction from the fact that Orlando's homeless-services agencies are failing those who need them most.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
07-28-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Food Not Bombs
Aid on the Asphaltnew
Hitting the streets with Eugene, Oregon's unique Mobile Crisis Intervention Unit known as CAHOOTS.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
06-30-2011 |
Homelessness
Off the Streetsnew
A new initiative aims to get medically vulnerable homeless people into housing.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-12-2011 |
Homelessness
Fear of Big Brothernew
He has a brilliant mind, broken kidneys and downtown San Diego's most conspicuous minivan. Is the CIA really out to get Tuan Nguyen?
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
04-28-2011 |
Culture
To the Streetsnew
Local services collaborate to help out homeless vets in Tucson.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-26-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless Veterans
Motel Living: How One Young Homeless Family Makes it Work in a Colorado Springs Motelnew
Jami and Nicole had a couple happy, hectic months with their newborn -- until Jami was laid off, they ran out of money, and Nicole found herself looking for somewhere they could go.
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-05-2011 |
Homelessness
Cruelest Cutsnew
Plans to gut mental health spending in Texas will not only destroy lives, but overwhelm jails, emergency rooms, and taxpayers’ wallets.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-25-2011 |
Homelessness
On the Gridnew
Can a massive database of personal information help the homeless without violating their privacy?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
01-12-2011 |
Homelessness
What's for Dinner?new
Once you start looking around, hunger and food insecurity are everywhere.
Sacramento News & Review |
Hugh Biggar |
01-06-2011 |
Economy
