Homeless

Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/ReutersOn the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, social distancing does not exist.Tents and blankets cram the narrow sidewalks, even set right against sun-faded buildings. Occupants of these encampments loll on the pavement nearby, hyper cognizant they risk losing their belongings if they leave.Makeshift shelters and overflowing carts…

A federal judge has ordered Los Angeles city and county to move thousands of homeless people who are living near freeways, saying their health is at risk from pollution and the coronavirusMay 16, 2020, 2:33 AM4 min readAssociated Press -- The city of Los Angeles and LA County must find…

Record floods have devastated East Africa this rainy season with almost half a million people displaced. Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and connects Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It is at its highest recorded level. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports on what that means for the communities living around the…

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As countries and states continue to loosen their coronavirus restrictions, we've been keeping an eye out this week for what that means for technology companies. Apple, for instance, reportedly plans to bring employees back to…

On a typical day, public libraries would encourage you to stop by and browse its aisles, peruse its books, and maybe even borrow a few favorites from the circulation desk. But these are not typical times.  Nowadays with coronavirus, public libraries look more like meal distributors, emergency childcare centers, makeshift…

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New York City's subway system is now closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for daily cleaning.The subways have long provided refuge to homeless New Yorkers, who now say they don't have anywhere safe to stay overnight.The homeless have been sent to shelters, the conditions of which are susceptible to…

By Amanda Yeo2020-05-13 07:27:49 UTC Ethan Hawke jumped on a video call with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, speaking about his new limited Showtime series The Good Lord Bird. Unfortunately for him, Fallon's daughters Winnie and Franny correctly decided that they were much more interesting than anything the…

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DescriptionThe everyday life of homeless people is almost invisible to those around them. They live in the side scenes, right next to us and in the offside at the same time. But there are traces, silhouettes and hints of their existence, that SIDE SCENES wants to make visible. Based on…