On AlterNet: homeless

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "homeless"

Soldiers Are Coming Home Injured and Addicted -- Will We Pay Our Debt to Our Vets?

Katie Drummond, The Fix. May 29, 2012.

Soldiers come home from the two wars with a staggering rate of brain injuries and the addictions paired with them, but to treat them could cost $1 trillion.

Sending the Sick Into the Streets? How Drug Tests Will Lock Homeless New Yorkers With HIV/AIDS Out of Shelters

Jaron Benjamin, Mike Selick, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new policy will require drug screening for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS applying for shelter.

Mayor "1%" Bloomberg Tries to Make it Harder for Homeless to Get Into Shelters (Temporary Reprieve Granted)

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 10, 2011.

New York's Department of Homeless Services has tried to launch a new policy restricting access to shelters.

Six Hours With the Poverty Tour

Habiba Alcindor, AlterNet. September 4, 2011.

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West launched their "Poverty Tour" in early August. Was it a much-needed reminder of the pervasiveness of poverty in America or just grandstanding?

How the Top 5 Supermarkets Waste Food

Tina Mather, AlterNet. April 18, 2010.

In a nation where millions go hungry, some of the food supermarkets throw out could feed people in need. But not every grocery chain cares.

Campaign to Ban Homeless in Colorado Springs Going After Wrong Target

Kathy Kelly, CounterPunch. February 16, 2010.

Our addiction to war has led to a perverse use of resources that could house and feed our neighbors instead of destroying homes and villages abroad.

Four Years After Katrina, Thousands Are Homeless and Struggling In New Orleans

Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn. August 28, 2009.

With recovery still lagging in New Orleans, thousands are living in storm damaged and abandoned buildings.

New York Purcharsing One-Way Tickets for Homeless to Leave City

The Guardian July 29, 2009.

Under the initiative, by the administration of the mayor, Michael Bloomberg, hundreds of families have been given plane, rail, and bus tickets and even petrol vouchers to leave the city.

Homelessness Increases Among Female Veterans

Cara, Feministe. February 5, 2009.

It looks like the rates of homelessness among female veterans are rising.

5 Pieces of Advice for the New Paupers

John Dolan, AlterNet. October 11, 2008.

I just went through the hell of going from grad school-level poverty to the real thing. Here are my lessons learned.

Bushvilles: Middle-Class Hoovervilles for the 21st Century

David Neiwert, Firedoglake. May 22, 2008.

In California, homeless middle-class women are banding together and sleeping in their cars in parking lots.

"Homeless Hero": The Story of One of the 12 Most Endangered Activists in America [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. February 4, 2008.

"Homeless Hero" tells the story of Cheri Honkala's rise from homelessness to the leadership of a growing popular movement in America.