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Monthly Archives: October, 2023

Mother Sues Alabama Jail After Being Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Shower

Alabama jailed Ashley Caswell on charges of endangering a fetus, then made her give birth without medical support.

Florida Activists Face charges For Sharing Food With Houseless Community

Three West Palm Beach activist face criminal charges for sharing food with houseless community members.

The People Can Stop the War in the Middle East

Amid escalating Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians, millions around the world are demanding a ceasefire. The people of the U.S. have a crucial role to play in pushing for a ceasefire as a first step toward a real peace.

‘The Greatest Lesson I’ve Learned Out Here’

An Interview with ‘Freeway’, Former Wood Street Commons Resident

Viewpoints of the Long Unhoused

Viewpoints of the long unhoused (A suite of poems by an unhoused poet and artist)

Who?

Who?D.L. Lang Who will be leftto care for the elderlyafter all the doctorshave donned uniforms? Who be left in your congregationafter you have deceivedyour faithful adherentsinto...

Conquering Being Homeless

Student writes about her experiece in foster care and homelessness, how how she felt like she was surviving, not living!

Education and Real Estate: A Match Made in Heaven? Or Hell?

Education and real estate may seem like separate topics, but are instead inextricably linked for many reasons.

Red Cross Denies Help to Homeless Families Caught in Florida Motel Fire

The Red Cross refused to help homeless families burnt out of the hotel they stayed at, which caused them to lose everything, because the motel was not a permanent residence.

Activists Demand Community Oversight of Jackson, Mississippi Water Repairs

Activists in Jackson, MS are citing a provision under the Safe Drinking Water Act that gives residents and community groups like them the right to intervene and partner with the government in enforcing the Act’s requirements.

Indigenous Wisdom During The Great Unraveling

New podcast gives perspectives of Indigenous communities from around the world about the consequences we all reckon with of a global, industrial society built on growth, extraction, and colonialism.

Open-Air Detention: The ‘New Normal’

The Border Patrol's San Diego sector is violating Customs and Border Protection's national standards by once again holding hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants in open-air detention areas.

Basic Needs Above Corporate Greed

There's far more empty homes or apartments than people experiencing homelessness. We are the many. Together we can get what we need.

Being Houseless in the Bay Area

Young homeless person in Oakland, California tells the story of the cause of homelessness, being homeless and solutions the cities can undertake to help homeless youth.

Abandoning the Poor

A shocking abandonment amid abundance is the state of the poor in this country. Will we condemn millions of us to cruel and unnecessary poverty, while feeding the drive to authoritarianism or will we lift poverty and so strengthen the very foundation of our democracy?

Homeless to Homefull

Editor's Note: This article was contributed from the Laney College Chapter, Poor People's Campaign Being homeless at the end of my high school senior year...

900,000 Texans Have Lost Medicaid, Others Struggle for Food Benefits

Almost 900,000 Texans lost Medicaid since April and a backlog of applications may delay families’ access to SNAP food benefits.