Virginia Becomes The First US State To End Veteran Homelessness
By Amanda Froelich While Connecticut was the first state to end chronic veteran homelessness, Virginia is officially now the first US state to end all…
Poverty
With the Economy in Shambles, More Americans Turn to Squatting
By Mac Slavo There have always been squatters, but the trend may be rising. And the growing clash of squatters and abandoned properties suggests a…
Surviving Poverty: How to Live in a Van
By Joshua Krause There have been a few news stories floating around over the past few weeks with a common theme. In San Francisco, a…
21 Facts About The Explosive Growth Of Poverty In America That Will Blow Your Mind
By Michael Snyder What you are about to see is more evidence that the growth of poverty in the United States is wildly out of…
Is Banning Homelessness Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
By Carey Wedler For the last several years, cities across the United States have responded to the problem of homelessness in the way governments tend…
Demand at U.S. Food Banks Continues to Rise
By Star Fox What does it tell you about the U.S. economy when lines at food banks across the country have steadily increased since 2008….
Homeless People Plant a Rooftop Organic Garden, Help Feed an Entire Shelter
By Cassius Methyl Public attention recently turned to an organic garden in Atlanta that is designed to feed displaced people healthy food and establish a…
Food Stamp Recipients Exceed 45 Million for Four Years
By Joshua Krause With the fall of China’s stock market and the deteriorating situation in Greece, it seems like the world is preparing to experience…
How One Art Student is Helping the Homeless
By Josh Mur In our busy, modern world, it isn’t uncommon for even those with the best intentions to walk by another who is less…
New App Is Helping Feed Hundreds of Thousands of Homeless People
By Carey Wedler When UC Berkeley student Komal Ahmad invited a homeless man to lunch three years ago, she was inspired to create an app…
Want to Feed the Homeless? That Will Be $400, Please
By Lily Dane Homelessness in the U.S. is continuing to skyrocket, despite what the government would like us to believe. And if you want to…
Criminalization of the Homeless
Source By Bauer Marshall For the past 25 years, the criminalization of the homeless in the United States has been increasing. As the National Coalition…
Think Homelessness Can’t be Eradicated? These Communities Did It
By Alex Pietrowski The costs of homelessness is rarely discussed. We mostly hear statistics about the number of children living on the streets, the vast…
Ohio Town Declares War on Charity, Man Found Guilty of Helping the Needy
Justin King Activist Post What started as just another ordinance in the war on the homeless and poor took a bizarre turn when journalist Virgil…