Homeless

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today . Reba Stevens held her breath as she walked up the steps to the apartment, her then-6-month-old son perched on her hip. After 21…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On a May afternoon, Teresa Stratton sat on her walker near a freeway in Portland, Oregon, talking about how much she wanted to live inside. She missed sleeping…

Interviews by Asia Fields, Nicole Santa Cruz, Ruth Talbot and Maya Miller; design and development by Ruth Talbot; illustration by Matt Rota Dec. 27, 2024 • Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 A record number of Americans are living outside. Cities have responded by removing encampments from public spaces, a practice commonly…

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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA Trapped in her burn­ing home, wheel­chair-bound pen­sion­er Rosil­ia Mitchell was lift­ed to safe­ty by her fam­i­ly, nar­row­ly es­cap­ing the in­fer­no that rav­aged three hous­es and left four fam­i­lies home­less on Christ­mas Day. As flames en­gulfed the struc­tures at Po­lo Grounds, Preysal, Mitchell watched help­less­ly from her wheel­chair…

Elon Musk sat quietly in his office, a rare moment of stillness amidst the whirlwind of innovation and ambition that defined his life. The idea had come to him during a conversation with a colleague about human behavior: What would happen if people didn’t recognize him? How would they treat…

STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand weighed in on the homelessness crisis in Saskatoon, as well as what STC is doing to help. Published Dec 26, 2024  •  4 minute read STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand weighed in on the homelessness crisis facing Saskatoon, as well as what STC is doing…

When a homeless man approached Barron Trump asking for just $1, no one expected what would happen next. What started as a simple act of kindness would spark a national movement, reunite a broken family, and change lives forever. The city’s heartbeat was relentless—cars honked, pedestrians weaved through the streets,…

A devastating fire in Du Noon, Cape Town, on Christmas Day destroyed 200 shacks, leaving hundreds homeless...Read More

The burst of new laws follows a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness. Outreach workers Lillian Risser (left) and Sophia Loveland (right) approach a tent encampment in Chicago on Sept. 23, 2024. The organization is working to rehome people living in encampments to more…