A bill that critics say would effectively push homeless people off public rights-of-way and state-owned land passed the Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday, despite an impassioned plea...
Store plans ribbon cutting at end of February and grand opening in March About 17.6% of New Mexicans lived in poverty as of 2022, according to...
Detroit — Despite freezing temperatures that made it hard to locate people living on the streets, advocates for the homeless searched southeast Michigan communities last month...
Do we still have hope and dreams for Iowa nice? Let’s keep dreaming of neighbors who care. Jane Yoder-Short | Guest columnist Jimmy Carter said, “If...
Tom Elias | California Focus Much is made continually of this state’s poverty rate, now running above 13%. But most polls show voters rank homelessness as...
Clara Bates | Missouri Independent/missouriindependent.com Missouri education and social services officials have not yet made a decision on whether to participate in a federal food assistance...
Sen. Joe Rafferty | Portsmouth Herald As the holiday season continues, it’s easy to stay wrapped up in the fun and joy of everything this season...
A social services organization on Detroit’s east side has closed its housing shelter after 26 years and is attempting to sell the now-empty building: a giant...
‘Tis the season … of giving. Amid the twinkling lights, festive tunes, and glittering gifts accumulating under the tree, consider spreading good tidings and Christmas cheer...
By Mark Kreidler | Capital and Main When the COVID-19 pandemic fully reached California in early 2020, experts in the fields of low-wage work and poverty braced...