You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take
The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the 10 richest people in the world — including nine Americans — expanded their wealth by nearly $64 billion, the greatest single-day…
Homeless In USA
Two Detroit children freeze to death as homeless family shelters in vehicle
by Sheila Brehm and Stephen Fuller In a horrific tragedy, two young children—a girl aged two and a boy aged nine—froze to death early Monday morning as they slept with members…
Number of homeless people in USA rise to all-time high with recent big increase
A new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA, has stated that 771,480 people were homeless in the USA in 2024, an 18 per cent rise from…
Illusions of American Capitalism
The United States of America (USA) is often considered as the "Mecca of Capitalism." Its powerful military-industrial complex, supported by a defence budget of $841.4 billion, makes it one of…
The Homeless Crisis in America
by Liz Theoharis and Cedar Monroe In 2019, a group of homeless folks were living on a deserted piece of land along the Chehalis River, a drainage basin that empties…
Two Crucial Reforms USA Needs Most Urgently
Poverty hurts everywhere but it is likely to hurt more if it is surrounded by the glitter of glamor and all kinds of richness, excess of wealth and the attached…
Housing, Not Handcuffs
by Liz Theoharis & Shailly Gupta Barnes On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused — the term…
The Kindness of Strangers?
I was channel surfing last evening and watched the Supreme Court's new case concerning homeless encampments etc. What got me was how the government's lawyer kept explaining how the homeless…
Inequalities and Concentration of Wealth in USA have Wide Implications
It is a very significant aspect of US economy that despite being blessed by an exceptionally rich resource base, despite enjoying certain unique advantages of the dollar being the international…
The urgency of Social and Policy Reform in the USA
During a recent discussion that I had with two friends who had lived for several years in the USA, I expressed concern in particular regarding three aspects of US society…
‘POOR Magazine’ Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew into a media, education, and art advocacy…
Abandoning the Poor
On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols…
Ten Reasons Why the USA Should Emphasize Reduction of Domestic Distress, Not Military Dominance
One of the great tasks of our times is to move USA policy more and more towards the path of peace. This can result in big welfare gains at world…
Growing number of elderly homeless in the US
Nearly a quarter of a million people 55 or older are estimated by the government to have been homeless for at least part of 2019. According to the Washington Post, “People 55…
High Levels of Distress and Stress in USA Emphasize Need for Linking External and Internal Reform
High and increasing levels of distress and stress in the USA point to the need for integrating internal and external reforms. According to a Federal Reserve Report of 2018 on…
Empty Tables: How It Feels to Be Hungry
My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I grew older…
Increase in Homelessness Reflects Injustice, Inequity and Segregation of Urban Policies
A rise in the number of homeless people has been reported from several countries. This is either being neglected, or at best is seen in terms of stepping up relief.…
Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth
Ours is an ever more unequal world, even if that subject is ever less attended to in this country. In his final book, Where Do We Go From Here?, Reverend Martin…
Why There is a Big Increase in Concern About Homeless Numbers Increasing Rapidly in USA
In recent years concern has been expressed that the number of homeless persons in the USA has ranged between 500,000 to 600,000, too high for such a rich country. However…
The Poor at the Crossroads
The 54th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., just passed. Dr. King was shot down while organizing low-wage sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. At that time,…
Biden’s Real Challenge is Not Russia or China, but Poverty in America
Mainstream US media continues to celebrate the supposed strength of the US economy. Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth, positive trends and constant gains. The reality on…
How Inequalities Reduced the Ability of Even the Biggest Economy to Meet the Needs of Its People
Problems of the bottom half of the population in the USA are much more serious than is commonly realized In the midst of increasing distress of common people, some leading…
When Thousands Are Evicted Each Day in A Land of Fabled Riches
Recently on December 15 Eli Saslow wrote a very important feature in The Washington Post on the daily routine life of an elderly police constable Lennie who has been charged…
Making Sense of the Eviction Crisis
The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless. Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy…
Urgent Steps Needed to Improve Worsening Housing Situation in COVID Times
Housing problems both for the weaker sections as well as for the middle class have worsened during COVID times. This can be seen even in some of the developed countries,…
The Lessons of Suffering in a Covid-19 World
In June 1990, future South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only months after being released from 27 years in a South African apartheid prison. He reminded the…
De-housed for Me
You did not know did you? That my house gives me rights. You did not know did you? That my house gives me virtue. Food, Clothing, Shelter I demand that…
Breaking The Rules
I was remembering yesterday about an event from when I was in my twenties. I was sitting on a hard wooden bench waiting for a train to take me to…
Homelessness in the Covid-19 Era
The novel SARS-CoV-2 has roared through the American landscape leaving physical, emotional, and economic devastation in its wake. By early July, known infections in this country exceeded three million, while deaths…
Homelessness, corporate welfare and priorities
The homelessness issue has been a source of controversy at the local, state and national levels for some time now. There has been some limited progress, but this problem has…
Homeless America
It is 8 a.m. I am in the small offices of Street Roots, a weekly newspaper that prints 10,000 copies per edition. Those who sell the newspaper on the streets—all of…
Homeless In America Illustrates Inequality Discussions At Davos
A few days ago Oxfam reported on wealth inequality: The richest one percent wrapped their hands around 82 percent of the wealth created last year. Worse the 3.7 billion people…
Attack On St. Louis Homeless Foreshadows Things To Come
The sub-freezing temperature was dropping. As the snow began to fall, many felt their hands were too cold to hold signs during the December 17 action. Two dozen had answered…
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