"To the people of the great state of Ohio, welcome to day five of "they're stealing your election." As you might have heard, the Ohio Democrat secretary of state decided to bend the law and allow a...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 563 views | 7 recommendations | 7 comments
Los Angeles County has more homeless people than any other metropolis in the United States. "For over four years, filmmakers Letitia Schwartz and Judith Vogelsang followed the lives and progress of several artists...
I am always made aware of the plight of many dogs on the street in the Philippines, its normal us the pet loving foriegner that moan about badly treated dogs and cats that roam the streets and country side. Yet I...
A vote in Ohio is going ahead today amid a controversy over the voting procedures in the state. "With the credit crisis roiling Washington, Wall Street and the presidential campaign, voters in the key battleground state of Ohio cast their first ballots amid a controversy over...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 100 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This type of thing should have been done for Katrina victims, and with today's economy and foreclosures, this could end up being the home for millions of Americans."CORRALES, New Mexico (AP) -- It was a side trip...
created by master_jim2008 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2957 views | 30 recommendations | 12 comments
Nevada, Reno "Tent city" no work, nowhere to go " People who had lost their jobs to the ailing economy, or newcomers who had moved to Reno for work and discovered no one was hiring. Within weeks, more than 150...
created by SOLARLIFE | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1997 views | 70 recommendations | 22 comments
"RENO, Nevada (AP) -- A few tents cropped up hard by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left with nowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer. ...
created by master_jim2008 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 831 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
When I woke up this morning it never crossed my mind that I would be spending one hour with a homeless man today. That is why there are no photos. I was not prepared. In fact, lately, I have been sick of writing....
created by StandUpToRacism | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2200 views | 71 recommendations | 11 comments
A homeless man in Galveston decided to ride out the storm on a park bench...and survived! "I was tossed like a salad", said Daryl Thompson. " The threat is anything but...
Homelessness is no joke, as at least one of our members can attest. Your full attention must be given over to survival and self-maintenance if you ever want to escape the spiral. However, environment is a huge...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 636 views | 48 recommendations | 8 comments
As Ike hits Texas, it leaves Haiti in its wake, the fourth major storm this season to do so. Haiti is one of the world's poorest nations, and is ill-equipped to deal with this level of destruction on its own....
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1447 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Chorro Creek Ranch is a unique and effective community housing facility which is privately owned and Non Profit. Our goal has always been to receive the broken lives of so many wonderful and creative human beings who for one reason or another have found themselves alone...
"HELSTON, Cornwall, UK (CNN) -- A huge cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008. It was the largest recorded disaster in that country, killing more than 130,000 people and leaving millions homeless. ...
" Kosi river inundates Bihar; 2 million homeless"This is India's Katrina, only the challenges could be bigger. Like the Mississippi breached the levee to drown an unsuspecting New Orleans in the US,...
created by ashokkjha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 7784 views | 35 recommendations | 11 comments
They care."The City of Denver has been working to make sure everything is in tip-top shape for all the visitors coming to town for the Democratic National Convention, and now a local salon is helping in that effort.It seems to be a first -- don't move the homeless, clean them...
opinion by BigT | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 332 views | 39 recommendations | 8 comments