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Friday, 13 March 2015 00:00

Homeless woman charged with 'theft of services' for charging cell phone outside

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Homeless woman charged with 'theft of services' for charging cell phone outside

This past July, a homeless Portland woman was charged with third-degree theft when she plugged her cellphone charger into an outlet on a sidewalk planter box in Old Town.

Cases in which people are charged with theft for plugging electronic devices into private outlets are uncommon, but defense attorneys say they’re another example of resources wasted for frivolous offenses.

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Thursday, 26 February 2015 00:00

“To Your Bone You’re Cold,” What It's Like to Be Homeless in the Freezing Cold

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Jose Peguero, 61, lost his job as a car salesman in the recession and became homeless three years ago.

Kenneth Ricks is homeless for the first time in his life. The 51-year-old has lived in New York since he was born, but after he lost his job, had his foot amputated following an accident and spent six months in hospital, he could no longer keep up the rental payments on his Flatbush, Brooklyn apartment.

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Friday, 20 February 2015 00:00

Guess Which "Liberal" State Has 500 Laws Aimed at Oppressing the Homeless?

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Guess Which "Liberal" State Has 500 Laws Aimed at Oppressing the Homeless?

On the heels of a damning new report, the Right to Rest campaign pushes for statewide legislation to stop discrimination against homeless people. Cities in the United States have a long history of criminalizing the public presence of people they consider undesirable. In the late 1800s, Southern cities established “sundown towns,” laws that restricted black people from being outside after sunset. Throughout the 19th century, cities ratified “ugly laws,” banning people who were diseased or deformed from being outside. During the Great Depression, California cities passed an “anti-Okie” law, making it illegal to assist poor people entering the state.

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Monday, 02 February 2015 00:00

U.S. settles suit over misuse of West L.A. veterans campus

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A homeless individual sleeps outside the V.A.'s West L.A. campus

The federal government has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of misusing its sprawling West Los Angeles health campus while veterans with brain injuries and mental impairment slept in the streets, people familiar with the agreement said Tuesday.

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Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:00

After SCOTUS Gutted Voting Rights Act, Is Fair Housing Act Next?

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Partcipants of a fair housing protest that took place in Seattle in 1964. The Fair Housing Act was signed by LBJ just four years later, in 1968, in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Now, advocates worry the law is under threat.

Civil rights groups and anti-poverty advocates are raising serious concerns after the U.S. Supreme Court hear orals arguments in case challenging the federal Fair Housing Act on Wednesday. The ultimate ruling in the case could have profound implications for those who benefit from the landmark legislation signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, just days after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr..

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Sunday, 18 January 2015 00:00

Pizza Shop, Customers Give Away 8,400 Slices To Philly's Homeless

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Pizza Shop, Customers Give Away 8,400 Slices To Philly's Homeless

Newcomers at Rosa's Fresh Pizza might think the store's owner has an odd obsession with sticky notes. But the plethora of pinks, blues and yellows spanning the restaurant's walls have nothing to do with interior aesthetics and everything to do with uniting a community in caring for its poorest residents.

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Friday, 16 January 2015 00:00

Does the District Really Want to End Homelessness?

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Does the District Really Want to End Homelessness?

The D.C. City Council has declared December 31st to be Eric Jonathan Sheptock Day, acknowledging his eight and a half years of homeless advocacy work to date, as well as his leadership in a group effort to address the future of the 1,350-bed Federal City Shelter.

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Saturday, 10 January 2015 00:00

Icy Cold and Cut Services Create Dangerous Perfect Storm for Homeless

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James Tocchio, who is homeless, holds up a sign as cold temperatures hit Boston this week.

With number of people without permament housing rising nationwide and services for them falling, near-zero temperatures put thousands at severe risk

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Thursday, 11 December 2014 00:00

Homeless college students seek shelter during breaks

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Jessie McCormick is a senior at Aquinas College and has been homeless since high school.

They may have dorm rooms to sleep in during the school year, but many college students are technically homeless -- with no place to call home when classes aren't in session.

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014 00:00

A Look Into The 'Double Lives' Of America's Homeless College Students

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A Look Into The 'Double Lives' Of America's Homeless College Students

Sean McLean's first day of college at the University of Massachusetts Boston came on the heels of sobering news: The night before, he and his family were evicted from their home in Woburn, 9 miles north of Boston.

"I went to school knowing that later that day I would be packing up everything I owned and going to a shelter," said McLean, now 19.

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