Homeless

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of homeless people counted across Los Angeles County jumped 12.7% over the past year to more than 66,400 and authorities fear that figure will spike again once the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic is felt, officials said Friday.The majority of those experiencing homelessness…

By Amanda Yeo2020-06-11 08:26:59 UTC Defunding the police may sound like a scary, drastic proposition. However, as Full Frontal host Samantha Bee explained, it "isn't a far-fetched idea" and will likely do a lot of good — particularly once you understand what it would actually entail. "Given the enormous harm…

Kevin Slane, Staff Writer June 8, 2020 John Oliver devoted Sunday’s entire episode of “Last Week Tonight” to the ongoing protests against police brutality, diving into one of the rallying cries of the demonstrations: defund the police. As the HBO host explained, “defund the police” doesn’t necessarily mean getting rid…

By Sam Haysom2020-06-08 14:55:48 UTC In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, who died in police custody after a former officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes, the subject of police brutality — and police reform — has come firmly under the spotlight. As protests continue…

In the last three months, restaurants have executed more pivots than an episode of Strictly Come Dancing cooking for the homeless and NHS staff, selling local produce, putting a halt to one-off £70 p… Read More

On March 10, 59-year-old Ace Lovell became homeless for the first time in his life. Days later, his city shut down. Vancouver’s libraries closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, cutting off many low-income and houseless people from a valuable refuge and internet source. And as libraries, businesses and drop-in centres…

Susan Tompor Detroit Free PressPublished 2:39 PM EDT Jun 4, 2020The coronavirus relief money, which began rolling out in April, has been sent to 159 million Americans, according to the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday.The payouts totaled almost $267 billion. The IRS noted that 120 million Economic Impact Payments were sent…

By Amanda Yeo2020-06-04 07:23:07 UTC Minneapolis father George Floyd died on May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, ignoring his protests that he couldn't breathe. However, as Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj pointed out in a digital clip on Wednesday, that wasn't…

On the night of May 20, Papia Lahiri couldn’t keep Super Cyclone Amphan out of her living room. Water poured in through the edges of closed windows into her apartment, located on the second floor of an aging duplex. With no one around to help, she grabbed a bucket and…

Elderly residents at a boutique hotel on New York City's Upper West Side are voicing concerns over the city moving homeless people into their building amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying the city is placing an already-vulnerable population at higher risk. Yet, city officials say moving the homeless into designated…