Homeless

Dr. Drew Pinsky, whose nomination to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was withdrawn earlier this week due to opposition by some homeless advocates, said moving forward, he hopes to help the homeless in a way that doesn't create distractions. Pinsky spoke to Newsweek Tuesday about the withdrawal of…

Author of the article: Lisa Johnson, Dustin Cook Publishing date: Apr 19, 2021  •  April 19, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  7 Comments Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson talks about new housing and shelter supports for Edmonton's homeless and vulnerable population on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Photo by Larry Wong…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Faced with an out-of-control homeless crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday will propose spending nearly $1 billion in the coming year to get people off the streets, build housing and clean up squalid encampments…Read More

Dr. Drew Pinsky made headlines last April for remarks over a two-month period that were skeptical of the pandemic's severity. He eventually apologized. (Getty Images) A Los Angeles County supervisor has recommended a celebrity doctor who has railed against California's mishandling of the homelessness crisis to a local commission, a…

WASHINGTON - As he drove past the intersection of 21st and E streets in Northwest Washington, a 68-year-old man peered through the window,struck by an encampment of homeless people here that grew from 10 tents to 20 in the past year. Then 30. Now 40. The people living in those…

Construction is about to start on Edmonton’s new Homes for Heroes village. The community of tiny homes is set to open in October and will welcome vulnerable and at-risk military veterans. “In Edmonton, we know that there’s over 200 hundred veterans. We already have a waiting list for the Edmonton…

Author of the article: Anna Junker Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021  •  April 18, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  65 Comments The temporary homeless shelter at the Edmonton Convention Center on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson says he has “serious concerns”…

Tributes for former Bad Boy Records artist Black Rob poured in on Saturday as the “Whoa!” rapper is being remembered as “one of the great millennium-era crime rap novelists.” “RIP Black Rob, one of the great millennium-era crime rap novelists, gruff but with Harlem slickness, who endured fire & brimstone…

The Mosquito Coast, a new 7-episode Apple TV+ thriller that debuts April 30 on the streamer, is in some respects a perfect pandemic-era binge. For obvious reasons, a show about escape and starting over, and reducing one’s existence to the protection of family, might feel especially relevant to viewers who’ve…

Secretly Canadian will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer with a series of reissues, singles, and more — raising money to fight homelessness in Bloomington, Indiana. The label kicked off their year-long SC25 project with reissues of the War on Drugs’ Wagonwheel Blues, Jens Lekman’s When I Said I Wanted…