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Videos Show NYC Tearing Down Homeless People’s Tents With Garbage Trucks
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has plans to dismantle all the city’s homeless encampments in the next two weeks.
Coronavirus Is Devastating Homeless Shelters Across the Country
“It snuck up on us so quick — we went from 6 cases, and within 6-7 days we went to 26, to 43, to 56,” said the head of a Skid Row shelter.
Hundreds of NYC Doctors and Nurses are Begging the City to Act Fast to Keep Homeless Patients Safe
As of Thursday, 537 homeless people in the city had tested positive for COVID-19, and 33 have died.
San Francisco Is Opening 8,000 Hotel Rooms to Handle Its Coronavirus ‘Explosion’ Among the Homeless
The city’s largest shelter is currently experiencing an outbreak.
Hotels and Convention Centers Emptied by Coronavirus Are Now Sheltering the Homeless
But even advocates worry it might not be the safer option for avoiding contact with the virus.
Here’s How Cities Are Making It Illegal to Be Homeless
A new report on 187 urban and rural cities found a marked increase in “anti-homeless” laws aimed at getting people off the streets.
Trump’s Pick to Lead Homelessness Council Thinks Free Food Is ‘Enabling’
Robert Marbut's consulting website outlining his views to combat homelessness was deleted, but not before an advocate captured screenshots.
Almost 500 migrant students are joining a Texas district. Texas doesn’t want to pay.
The district and the state can't agree on funding.
Intimate Portraits of the Thousands of Haitian Refugees Stranded in Tijuana
About 3,500 Haitians are waiting to cross the border into the US.
Your Local Shelter Probably Won't Let You Adopt a Black Cat Around Halloween
You really can't, and it's "because apparently there are bad people," one shelter vaguely told us.
The Strongest Hurricane on Record in the Western Hemisphere to Hit Mexico
The Category 5 hurricane is projected to make land in the afternoon or early evening, with the storm's centre located somewhere between the resort city of Puerto Vallarta and the port of Manzanillo
German Anti-Migrant March Draws Thousands
Between 7,000 and 10,000 protesters joined Monday's rally on Dresden's main Neumarkt square, many of them waving German flags and marching beneath banners denouncing the "Islamization of Europe."