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Homelessness

People gather for The Right to REST without ARREST Rally and Press Conference on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on July 28, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
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Human Rights

Unhoused Activists Are Fighting a Surge of Bills Criminalizing Homelessness

As soaring rents push people onto the streets, many unhoused people are rising up against harmful legislation.
by
Sara Herschander,
Waging Nonviolence
August 15, 2022
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Protestors in Los Angles hold signs saying "Protect our unhoused neighbors"
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Economy & Labor

New Proposal Would Tax the Rich to House Low-Income People in Los Angeles

A proposal on the ballot in Los Angeles would tax turnovers of luxury properties to fund affordable housing.
by
Sam Pizzigati,
Inequality.org
July 2, 2022
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The New York City Department of Sanitation, backed up by police officers, conduct enforced removals of homeless encampments on June 23, 2022, in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City, New York.
News
Prisons & Policing

Arresting Unhoused People Doesn’t Fix Homelessness. Police Do It Anyway.

The vast criminalization of unhoused people for largely nonviolent violations in several West coast cities is underway.
by
Melissa Lewis,
Reveal
June 25, 2022
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Night falls on the Occupy-style protest for unhoused rights in Boise, Idaho.
News
Human Rights

Occupy-Style Protest in Boise Highlights Brutal Conditions Faced by the Unhoused

Nearly five years after an appeals court constrained Boise’s efforts to criminalize homelessness, loopholes abound.
by
Tyler Walicek,
Truthout
March 17, 2022
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Boxes of iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits, provided by the state of California, are ready for parents to pick up, at Tulita Elementary School, as positive COVID-19 cases spike with the spread of the Omicron strain, in Redondo Beach, California, on January 6, 2022
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Environment & Health

COVID-19 Test Delivery Leaves Out Houseless and Multigenerational Households

Two years into the pandemic, the Biden administration’s first direct testing response leaves a lot to be desired.
by
Alexandra Martinez,
Prism
January 29, 2022
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Students make their way to class for the first day of school at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, California, on August 11, 2021.
Interview
Human Rights

Hundreds of Thousands of Children Are Homeless — and the Problem Is on the Rise

With the end of the federal eviction moratorium, experts fear child homelessness is even higher than the data suggests.
by
Corey Mitchell,
The Center for Public Integrity
January 14, 2022
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Student with backpack and books stands alone in large dark room
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Education & Youth

700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing

About 700,000 of the nation’s 4.2 million homeless youth are living on their own, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
Truthout
January 3, 2022
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A person holds a sign reading "CANCEL RENT" during an outdoor demonstration
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Economy & Labor

Only a Quarter of the $9 Billion HUD Got to Combat COVID Impacts Has Been Spent

Cities and states have been overwhelmed by capacity issues and focused on spending other funding with tighter deadlines.
by
Sarah Kleiner,
The Center for Public Integrity
December 19, 2021
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A tent is photographed at a homeless encampment at the corner of Edes and Elmhurst Avenues on December 5, 2018, in Oakland, California.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Wall Street’s Barons Are Causing Homelessness for Profit

What’s really driving home prices today are massive, multibillion-dollar funds buying up all available housing.
by
Thom Hartmann,
The Hartmann Report
October 14, 2021
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A "Safety Ambassador" with the Downtown Ventura Partners Improvement District hands out a free face mask on August 11, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA.
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Prisons & Policing

“Business Improvement Districts” Quietly Privatize the Policing of Public Space

These corporate zones operate as an arm of forcible social control to ward off perceived threats to the flow of profit.
by
Tyler Walicek,
Truthout
October 10, 2021
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