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Homeless living in cars find safe havens
With nowhere else to go, individuals and families with only their cars as a home pull into one of two parking lots in San Diego each night, knowing …
San DiegoXi says poverty fight is priority
He vows better lives are ahead for poor familiesPresident Xi Jinping has highlighted the importance of poverty reduction amid the Communist Party of …
ChinaCEO Sleepout criticised as ‘dystopian’ for homeless simulation with VR headsets
Fundraising event’s stunt labelled tone deaf after footage shows a row of CEOs donning headsets to ‘get a glimpse’ of life on the streets<p>A Sydney fundraising event for the homeless has been labelled “dystopian” after it asked CEOs to don virtual reality headsets to “get a glimpse” of life on the …
Virtual RealityAs a new budget looms, Oakland reviews its anti-homelessness efforts
OAKLAND — As the city’s homeless crisis grows ever more dire, overwhelmed officials and staff are grasping for all the help they can get.Federal …
OaklandHawaii's largest homeless camp: rock bottom or a model refuge?
Long America’s vacation paradise, Hawaii is in a state of emergency as it battles a homelessness crisis. Could Pu’uhonua safe zones help alleviate the problem?<p>Sign up to our monthly Outside in America newsletter<p>Three backpack-laden children chattered happily as they trudged down a dirt path and …
HawaiiRepublicans' Health-Care Bills Boil Down to ... More Obamacare
The Senate is not proposing to "repeal and replace." It's just tweaking for tax reform.<p>The nation has been waiting with bated breath for the Senate to unveil its version of the House health-care bill. Okay, maybe not the nation. But a whole lot of health-care wonks have, and this morning, we …
ObamaCareRenowned homelessness expert takes San Diego job
The San Diego County Regional Task force on the Homeless has picked Gordon Walker as its new CEO, bringing in a leader from Utah who used a strategy …
CaliforniaReligious congregations will have to raise $714,000 per year to offset Trump’s budget cuts
That’s a lot of tithes.<p>When president Donald Trump unveiled his “America First” budget proposal earlier this year, conservatives such as Speaker of …
Liberal POVFences mended, nonprofit signs off on architect for new homeless shelters, adds new members
With an assist from a well-known developer, Salt Lake City's mayor landed her preferred architect for two new homeless shelters.<p>Wednesday's meeting …
Salt Lake CityBenefit Cap Causes 'Real Misery', High Court Rules In Case Brought By Single Mothers
'Another blow to the austerity agenda'.<p>The Government’s benefits cap is causing “real misery” to lone parents’ young children, the High Court has said in a damning judgment of austerity-driven welfare cuts.<p>In the damning judgment, Mr Justice Collins said the four single mothers who brought the case …
Chronicling homelessness: for better or worse, it’s in Ben Carson’s hands
He has angered advocates, but a friend recalls him speaking about homelessness ‘only with compassion’. What will Carson do about it on a national stage?<p>Can a person lead a full life with only half their brain? In the 1980s, Ben Carson believed they could. Long before he became head of the federal …
Ben CarsonHomelessness has many faces
6 Comments <br>Danusia Kaska | 19 June 2017<p><b>The first thing I noticed was his Mercedes. It was only when he got closer that I realised he was also wearing</b> …
First NationsAbused children find Japan’s shelters provide little comfort
View photos<p>More<p>By Chang-Ran Kim<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Every year, more than 20,000 abused, delinquent, developmentally challenged or otherwise troubled …
Wounded veterans warn super changes will push them below poverty line
Injured veterans say they stand to lose hundreds of dollars per month under pending tax changes to disability support payments.<p>From July 1 a complex …
Liberal Party of AustraliaNigeria Rolls Out $2 Billion Brazil-Like Social-Welfare Plan - Bloomberg
Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb …
NigeriaIssa, other Republicans seek change to HUD homeless policy
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) and 22 other Republican Congressmen are seeking a change to a federal policy they say penalizes homeless programs that …
San DiegoWho Killed the Skid Row Neighborhood Council?
At a narrow storefront near Skid Row, a performance troupe and visual artist have built a new mini-golf course. It's not like the outsized affairs …
Los AngelesPoverty-free China by 2020? Beijing says it's possible – but steepest climb ahead
While President Xi Jinping’s foreign-policy initiatives have made headlines abroad, one of his most ambitious domestic priorities is entering the …
ChinaWhy Are America’s Suburbs Becoming Poorer?
Over the past quarter-century, tens of millions of American families have made the big move to the suburbs. They probably didn’t expect that poverty …
Social JusticeZimbabwe: Child Poverty and the Risks of HIV
[The Herald] Our Children, Our Future It goes without saying that children are at higher risk of poverty and deprivation. Girls and boys experience …
in order toSouth Dakota Native Americans Struggle With Homelessness
Webster Allen Two Hawk Jr. had not had a drink in six weeks – one of the conditions for getting a bed at the Rapid City, South Dakota rescue mission. …
InjusticeHow a Salvation Army homeless shelter became a potential deathtrap in Denver's trendiest neighborhood
While Denver’s Brighton Boulevard has been rebuilt for yoga and coworking, the Salvation Army’s Crossroads homeless shelter there grew steadily more …
Salvation ArmyWorld Bank and Airbnb Sign MoU to Promote Rural Tourism
Travel and tourism is the largest service industry in the world and accounts for nearly 10 percent of global GDP. The pilot projects will launch in …
World EconomyHow Traditional Welfare and Taxes Can Be Reformed to Support Universal Basic Income
Some of the most common questions ever asked in regards to the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) are in regards to the details. “<i>How much</i> …
Tories' 30-hour free childcare plan fails to target poor families, says expert
OECD education director welcomes scheme but questions government’s decision to focus on working parents<p>The government’s plan to provide 30 hours’ free childcare has been criticised by a leading global education expert for failing to target the most disadvantaged families whose children stand to …
EducationWelfare Currently Punishes Work and Marriage. This Bill Would End That.
There is much to celebrate in America today. Americans are, on average, wealthier, healthier, and better educated than we ever have been.<p>We’ve made …
Conservative POVThese are America's worst cities for crime, employment, housing costs
Quality of life in an American city often depends on the neighborhood one lives in, as abject poverty and crime can be found just blocks away from prosperity. Still, as much as a city can be judged on the whole, some cities face widespread problems that detract from their residents’ overall quality …
CitiesHow to host 200,000 refugee students in your education system: An answer from Lebanon
World Refugee Day happens once year, but the issues it is designed to highlight are a daily concern for Lebanon. As the country which hosts the …
EducationFighting Poverty Isn't Brain Surgery, but Ben Carson Can Do Both
Washington<p>At the end of our interview last week, I asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for an example of the outside-the-box thinking that served him so well in his prior career as a pioneering neurosurgeon.<p>“Sure. I started advocating cervicomedullary decompression for …
OpinionWorld Bank is reinventing itself as a broker for private finance but that puts poverty reduction at risk
The World Bank’s relationship with US president Donald Trump has raised concerns about its political neutrality in recent weeks, but a larger and potentially much more important shift in how the Bank operates is underway. The World Bank is reinventing itself, from a lender for major development …
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