Beneath the gaudy, blinding lights of Sin City, where the famous Las Vegsa Strip never goes dark, untold number of homeless people have taken of […]
Homeless USA
Crimes of homelessness: Dealing with a legal system ill-equipped to make an impact
John Howes limped out of jail on Dec. 3 of last year, having served 14 days of his one-year sentence. He was recovering from a […]
Homelessness Byproduct of Corporate Capitalism
The long-running saga of the Tent City homeless encampment in Lakewood, N.J., may be entering its final chapter, but the problem of homelessness is far […]
Homeless LGBT Youth Describe Rejection By Their Christian Families
Of the estimated 300,000 homeless youth in America, more than 40 percent identify as LGBT. The leading cause of their homelessness is family rejection, often […]
New York homelessness sees unprecedented rise
While the mayor’s net worth is up to $27 billion, 21,000 NYC children spent each night of January in a shelter New York City has […]
Homeless vets more likely to die on the streets
A new study reveals that while veterans represent only 9 percent of the population nationwide, 15.2 percent of America’s homeless have served their country — […]
She writes about the ‘brighter side’ of homelessness
Eileen Pheland, homeless for 18 years, tells what it is like on the streets. She calls what she has written a book. It is none […]
Homeless children an unintended casualty of economic downturn
On Tuesday, the National Center on Family Homelessness issued a ranked state-by-state report on child homelessness. The report, entitled “America’s Youngest Outcasts”, says that one […]
Leesville making effort to aid homeless people
640,000 is a large number. 640,000 is how many people on average spend a night homeless in the United States. One student at Leesville has […]
Donate Old Gear to “Homeless Gear” & Help Keep the Homeless Warmer on Cold Days
Hikers, Backpackers & Campers: Your Old Gear Can Help Warm the Homeless Homeless Gear is a Colorado-based group run by active sports lovers who collect […]
Hero Lawyer Gives His House to a Homeless Family for a Year
Felicia Dukes and her four children had been living in a homeless shelter – but now they have a cozy house all their own – […]
Lee Wright, Formerly Homeless Artist, Supports Himself Through Paintings
Lee Wright of Chico, Calif., had been homeless for 15 years before a positive turn of events allowed him to start living off his lifelong […]
Young and Homeless
There are 1.6 million homeless children in the United States. I want to be the witness to this, to provide evidence of their bleak condition. […]
Wacky Cardboard Homeless Shelters Fold Out Like Origami
Origami has inspired countless gadgets: bicycles, MP3 players, and now, homeless shelters? Sounds like a gimmick, but yeah. Tina Hovsepian, a recent grad of USC’s […]
‘Heart-wrenching’ Catch-22: Homeless families who turn to city for help find no rooms, risk child welfare inquiry
Social agencies say the freezing death of a man highlights the issue of homelessness in the northern Saskatchewan city of Prince Albert. James Benjamin Roberts, […]