Under Trump, we've seen a surge in political memes. Memes can numb us to the mistreatment of people here and in other countries. "Enjoy the memes you find funny, but be aware of the broader impact they can have," says the author.
President Trump's executive order fuses drug use and homelessness, ignoring that homelessness can cause or exacerbate substance use because people use drugs to cope with pain. Forced institutional settings rather than housing will not help the ill or unhoused.
Utility bills — shut-off notices that will, if unaddressed, lead to a loss of an address, aka homelessness. Moms have all adamantly professed that returning to homelessness is NOT AN OPTION!
An uprising is growing as the government tries to impose a dictatorship. Chicago resistance leaders recently offered their thoughts in public remarks made at demonstrations and press conferences.
Over 150 community members turned out recently to protest the opening of a new 2,500-bed ICE detention facility in California City, CA, operated by CoreCivic. It will be the largest ICE detention facility in California.
Angelinos, suffering from the profit over people economy, continue to rebuild after the fires and to protest immigration raids, while also experiencing joy in such difficult times.
Chicago Teachers Union rejects any unlawful federal occupation of their city, while welcoming federal leadership that fully funds public education, restores SNAP, and expands Medicaid to healthcare for all.
Joshua Rubin of Witness at the Border describes his recent experience bearing witness outside Florida's brutal 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant detention center, which may soon be closing as the result of a lawsuit.
Immigrants and workers’ unions are two of the Trump administration’s primary targets, but the president of Nevada’s branch of the SEIU said her union won’t back down.
This family is fighting against the city towing the WRONG RV home. It ended with a trip to the ER after the father suffered a medical emergency. This is what's really happening at Columbus Park.
Dr. Melody Glenn discusses the misinformation and politicization that is not based in fact of opioid overdose and the argument that because fentanyl is coming from Mexico, it’s coming through the border.
A photojournalist says why it is impossible for her to maintain a relationship with Reuters "given its role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant worker, was freed from detention in Tennessee Aug. 22 and then re-arrested by ICE on Aug. 25 in Maryland. The Trump administration is trying to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda.
Democratic Socialist Tyler Cavey promises to fight for healthcare, education, and affordability when he announced his candidacy for Nevada's state legislature in August.
After in ICU and trauma stepdown unit following life threatening accident causing broken ribs, punctured lung, pelvis fractures, fluids in lung lining, and more, patient received insurance denial for air ambulance services of $93,000, declaring it wasn’t medically necessary.
(Inspired by Shel Silverstein)
There is a place where inclusion ends
A place before community begins,
Where the sun burns crimson bright,
And those discarded rest at night.
From the San Jose CA Frontlines: Stop the sweeps. Unhoused people want a safe place to stay. All people should be respected, shown compassion, understanding.
On Aug. 22, the world's top authority on hunger crises officially declared that a catastrophe-level famine in Gaza exists—a humanitarian disaster engineered by Israel's relentless blockade of food aid and other life-saving supplies.
More families face homelessness as rents rise and food programs aand other social safety nets are cut. With the potential for tens of thousands more people forced onto the streets, could people be forced "far away" from the cities as Trump suggests?
Sports aren’t just entertainment. They’re community. They’re identity. They’re part of our stories. But when locked behind paywalls, those stories fade.
Republican officials ram through gerrymandered maps, proving the system is doing what it was built to do: protect white political power and erase Black and Latino Texans from decision-making.
Trump's claims about crime in the capital city are misleading. Protesters want millions to stand up, saying he's going to go to other cities and do the same if not stopped.
Gerry Condon, former president of Veterans for Peace, makes the case that we are now closer to nuclear war than ever, and that the U.S. is primarily responsible.
Making Suffering Invisible
David Teague
This isn’t just bad policy—it’s the first real step toward American fascism.
The White House just ended harm reduction, shut down housing-first...
Housing First works. Utah’s program proved it: over 90% of people remained housed, and the state saved money compared to criminalizing poverty. It costs less to help than it does to punish.
Founder of an Austin justice group speaks about how everyday people jump into dangerous situations to save anybody in weather and other catastrophes while the TX Governor debates who was to blame.
The true number of dead and missing in Gaza may be around 500,000. Another 500,000 face starvation. Palestinians say if there is to be peace, it must begin with respect for their voices, their rights and their humanity.
“Your Profit Is Our Pain”
Count the dollars that you make
From each tent that you forsake—
Eighty bucks per empty bed
While we sleep on concrete, dead.
Your...
“Your Profit Is Our Pain”
Count the dollars that you make
From each tent that you forsake—
Eighty bucks per empty bed
While we sleep on concrete, dead.
Your...
Green Diamond Projects and Poor Magazine announce the Bay Area screening of their powerful movie created by houseless and formerly houseless people, based on a play by tiny gray-garcia
A long-time resident of the Venice area of Los Angeles, once an affordable haven for free spirits, meditates on the damage done by gentrification, destruction of the area’s character, displacement and homelessness
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma joined Florida tribes in protesting "Alligator Alcatraz. The tribe says it insults their ancestral homeland and threatens ecosystem.
The eight-point increase in support for giving immigrants living in the U.S. illegally the chance to become U.S. citizens reflects increased support from all party groups according to Gallop poll.
Some lives could have been saved with better local warnings in the recent flood in TX, but federal government cuts to FEMA, National Weather Service and NOAA are leaving communities ill-prepared for disasters.
Winners and losers: The greatest upward transfer of wealth in U.S. history cut Medicaid, SNAP, and other necessities to give massive tax breaks to billionaires.
This planned webinar exploring how people across the country are fighting mass deportations, originally scheduled for July 17, has been postponed. More information will be posted when a new date has been set.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has struck a nerve by voicing the demands of those who are struggling to survive as the cost of living continues to rise.
A statement on the passage of the largest reduction in health care and food assistance in American history, and testimony as to its unconscionable, cruel and deadly consequences to those millions who will be hurt. The bill is a giveaway to the billionaire class that slashes programs people need to stay alive.
