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Homeless dragged down by belongings, as cities view keepsakes ‘trash’
Having to lug around possessions for fear of theft or confiscation keeps individuals from social programs, opportunities For Americans experiencing homelessness, finding a safe place to store belongings can prove daunting and be a major
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The ‘NIMBY’ Cities Who Ban the Feeding of the Homeless
With the weather becoming more chilly and the season of goodwill rapidly approaching you would think that the homeless would be a high priority in the minds of the authorities. Well the good news
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It’s Official: Being Poor in America Has Been Outlawed
As they say, you can always judge a society by how they treat their weakest members. So I shudder to think of how future generations will judge our society. We’ve become a nation that
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US cities’ crackdown on homeless people is ‘close to ethnic cleansing’
His face riven with lines forged by years on the streets, Gil reaches into the top pocket of his shirt and fishes out a wedge of grimy papers. These are the precious records of
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More US cities pass laws that hurt the homeless: Report
More US cities are passing laws that make it illegal to camp in public, sleep in vehicles on city streets, or sit or lie down in public, a new report shows. The laws are meant
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Utah Is Ending Homelessness By Giving People Homes
“In eight years, Utah has quietly reduced homelessness by 78 percent, and is on track to end homelessness by
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Homelessness Could Be A Crime Under Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Warns Think Tank
Homelessness could be turned into a crime under proposed anti-social behaviour laws a think-tank has warned. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing bill, which featured in the Queen's Speech earlier this month, includes powers to
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15 Signs That You Better Get Prepared For The Obama Recession Of 2013
You better get ready, because there are a whole host of signs that economic trouble is on the horizon. U.S. economic growth slipped into negative territory during the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Generation Y Wakes Up From The American Dream, Faces An American Nightmare
Three and a half years after the worst recession since the Great Depression, the earnings and employment gap between those in the under-35 population and their parents and grandparents threatens to unravel the American
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Say Goodbye To The Good Life
Will this be the last normal holiday season that Americans ever experience? To many Americans, such a notion would be absolutely inconceivable. After all, in the affluent areas of the country restaurants
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Report: Hunger and homelessness rise in U.S. cities: report
Across the United States, the number of hungry and homeless people is growing, and budget fights at the federal level are threatening the aid many need to survive, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said
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20 Signs That The U.S. Poverty Explosion Is Hitting Children And Young People The Hardest
The mainstream media continues to insist that the economy is "getting better", but the poverty numbers for children and young people just continue to explode. For example, did you know that the poverty rate
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34 Signs That America Is In Decline
The United States is clearly in an advanced state of decline. Many people around the world (and even inside America) rejoice at this, but not me. I mourn for the country that I
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37 Facts About How Cruel This Economy Has Been To Millions Of Desperate American Families
Have you ever laid in bed awake at night with a knot in your stomach because you didn't know how your family was possibly going to make it through the next month financially?
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It Is Not Just Your Imagination – American Families ARE Getting Poorer
Did you know that median household income in the United States is lower today than it was when the last recession supposedly ended? If we are in the middle of an "economic
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America’s Descent into Poverty
The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, and environmentally. The country that exists today is not even a shell of the country into which I was born. In this article I
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