Romanian beggars set up camp in Park Lane, Mayfair, London

Romanian beggars evicted from Marble Arch in Mayfair, central London, have set up a new camp less then 50 yards away - in the central reservation of the busy Park Lane dual carriageway. A group of more than 50...

Help Support SFHomeless and James the Advocate May 2012 Goal

Hello!      My name is James Leonard, co-Founder of the original SFHomeless Yahoo group designed about six years ago to empower our SF homeless shelter residents, staff and policy makers;...

UK Homelessness jumps by 14% in a year

The number of people officially classed as homeless in England has jumped by 14% – the biggest increase for nine years – as what charities have described as a "perfect storm" of rising repossession rates and ...

A world without Satan

My mother asked me today: what next? What if the Florida Judge takes my 'case against Satan' seriously and pursues it fervently to its logical conclusion: putting legal restrictions on the behavior of Satan here on Earth? What next? The first step in solving a problem /...

Foreclosure of Homeless Shelter Delayed Thanks to Bankruptcy Fili

" Foreclosure of a homeless shelter has been delayed, thanks to bankruptcy filing. The owner has fought off the auction at the last minute by resorting to this strategy. Judy Jones has been heading the Bread of Life Mission for a long time. She said, “We’re trying to...

Chet W. Sisk Marks 10th Year as Living Skills Coach to Homeless

Samaritan House—In the southwest corner of the first floor inside the Catholic Charities’ run shelter in Denver, residents trickle in as the 7:30 p.m. hour approaches. They come to hear Chet W. Sisk's soothing voice and to be part of his exuberant wellspring of positive...

Homelessness! An American Shame

Who ever thought that in this 21st century more of our citizens have lost their homes at a rate equal to that of the Great Depression of the 1930's. This dramatic rise in homelessness is attributed to many factors starting with the way our economy has shifted from being the...

Bush's Eugenics Society- 33 State Boards Sterilized Children

         Today, the offspring of these Bastard Eugenics groups (headed by George Bush, Sr.) are using new techinques to make it too expensive for poor people to have...

Haiti Mourns Earthquake Victims

I've been watching the news and they're still trying to recover what has happened. They're still finding people who's been hiding under blocks under a few days. They just found a 24 year old man not too long ago. I seen them pulling him out in a stretcher as he lay there...

Homeless Man With Golden Voice

Magnificent voice! He also seems like a really decent, kind and intelligent person. May 2011 hold much success and happiness for this man."Earlier this week, a video of a homeless man in Columbus, Ohio, named Ted Williams hit the Internet. Upon first glance, he looks like...

Should panhandling be legal?

  Petula Dvorak wrote the article that I post below in full length because it touches many bases regarding panhandlers. Yet, it misses some major points. 1.      If you lose your job,...

Nigeria rapped for mass evictions due to Urban Development

" The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt. Amnesty is warning that continued...

Service with slices: SF priest preaches against death penalty

Before sharing pizza at a special Mass celebrated on San Francisco's Civic Center plaza, a flock of some 20 parishoners were reminded that Jesus suffered the death penalty. Ten pizza pies were divided among the congregants, including homeless...

Head Lice An Emerging Health Threat

Work published by the Public Library of Science points out that head lice may pose a greater health risk than previously thought.  Many of us have had a call from a school official saying that the school...

Visiting Sherwood Anderson’s neighborhood and Dumpster Don

I don’t think much has changed in Clyde since Sherwood Anderson lived and worked here in Northern Ohio. Yonder is Lake Erie, still covered in winter’s ice, though it’s getting thinner and receding every day....

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