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- Homeless in Seattle: Finding Shelter Food and ServicesSome information about where homeless people can find the resources they need in Seattle
- Colorado's Tent City, Not What Tourists Want to SeeMy thoughts of seeing a tent city on a creek bed in Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Sacramento Tent City to Be DemolishedSMUD and the Sacramento Police face a difficult situation, but not as serious as the one facing the people living in tents
- Sacramento, California's Mayor Will Help Residents of a Tent CityI watched the Oprah show that featured Lisa Ling's report on the homeless problem. It was the catalyst for social change.
- Tent City, U.S.AAmerican citizens have had to put their dreams on hold, give up their homes and belongings and move to Tent City.
- Not Your Grandfather's DepressionTimes are hard all over, and the effects of the crumbling economy are showing up in ways that are becoming ever harder to overlook
- Tent Cities: What Can We All Do to Help?Just like in the Great Depression, tent cities are appearing across the U.S. These are the "new homless," and they look a lot like many of us. Let's do something to help these jobless and homeless people.
- Coming Soon: Bailed-Out Banks Foreclose on Tent City. Doctors Can't Afford to Treat ThemselvesThe New York Times asks, "When the economy finally hits bottom, how will we know?" What exactly defines "bottom" and who exactly are "we." Here is one American's story, but it could be yours.
- Jail Cell or Tent City for the Incomparable Bernie MadoffRead about Bernie Madoff's life before and after his investment scheme.
Tent Cities in America: Signs of the Current RecessionTent cities are large encampments of people living in tents. Reminiscent of the Shanty Towns of the great depression, tent cities are an indication of the effects of the current recession.
Rapper DMX Unhappy at Tent City Prison-Rebooked on Aggravated Assault ChargesRapper DMX was removed from tent city and put in solitary after threatening a guard. Now DMX has been rebooked on aggravated assault charges against an officer. If the rapper thinks tent city is bad now, wait for the summer.- Homeless, but Human: An Inside Look at Tent City, Part 1The first of a two-part story on Tent City in California.
Paris Hilton to Serve Time in Arizona's Famed Tent City?In light of prison overcrowding in Los Angeles, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, dubbed America's toughest sheriff, has kindly offered his Phoenix, Arizona facility, known as Tent City, to Ms. Hilton. If there is a god, he'll see this through.
Paris Hilton May Do Her Jail Time in Phoenix's Tent CityRather than let Paris Hilton do less than her required 45 days of jail time for probation violation, Los Angeles County may consider Sheriff Joe Arpaio's offer to incarcerate the celebrity in Phoenix's Tent City.
The Apprentice: Surviving Tent CityIt is an unpleasant way to live at best. Donald Trump and NBC are clearly more than able to provide suitable living conditions for the contestants on The Apprentice.- St Petersburg, Florida Mayor Threatens to Evict HomelessThe dilemma began in recent weeks as a tent city was created in St Petersburg, FL. The tent city was initially designed as a place where the homeless could live with the hope of becoming a lasting solution.
- Tent City and a Loaf of Bread: New American Dream If Your LuckyMy thoughts and opinion about the lack of news coverage on the growing number of Tent Cities in 2009 and the lack of help and public acknowledgment from our Government.
- Tent CityA short story based on the lives of the thousands of people who travelled to Las Vegas during the Great Depression in hopes of landing a job during the construction of Hoover Dam.
- Homeless and AloneReaching out to the less fortunate and understanding they are people as well.
- The Secret, Coordinated Destruction of 'Occupy's' Tent Cities: A Prelude to Something Worse?You should have hanged yourselves rather than come here. Didn’t you know what was in store for you in Auschwitz? In 1944?’ 'He seemed to be the truth. Not far from us, flames from a ditch. A truck drew close: Babies! Yes, children thrown into the flames!"
- Homeless in Los Angeless*This Saturday, November 19, 2011 let us walk or run and donate to help to defeat homelessness at the Homeless Capital of America – Los Angeless
- Spread of Revolutions Reaches IsraelThe series of protests and revolutions that have swept through the Middle East has finally reached Israel. In this exclusive interview with Boruch Fishman, a resident of Tel Aviv, we learn about important issues and thoughts coming from some members of th
Putting Our Worst Foot ForwardI can only imagine how we look to the world considering how bad we look to each other.- Why I Refuse to Watch Ruby & the RockitsI had been trying to give this show a chance, but a few key comments have left me disappointed.
- How to Be Exempt from SocietyDegrading and marginalizing the helpless seems to be a skill for those in the best position to help.
EDAR Provides Shelter for Homeless Amid Recession, PovertyFor the homeless who have an EDAR,(Everyone Deserves A Roof) it's a dream come true. The home is a tent, with a flame-resistant, heavy khaki canvas to keep out the rain.- Eyes Wide OpenIn an attempt to passively make a charitable clothing donation, I inadvertently took an active role in helping out the homeless and gained a life changing experience.
- Being HomelessHave you ever wondered what it'd be like?
- What Can We Do to Help Those in Need?My thoughts on what can be done to help the homeless.
- Tent CitiesTent cities popping up in L.A. and the American people aren't even being told.
- Description of Homeless Does Not Fit Our Stereotypical ViewTo be homeless in the United States, you probably do not fit the stereotypical view of a street beggar.
How to Help the HomelessThe homeless population in America is only expanding. In fact, the National Coalition for the Homeless predicts that 1.35 million U.S. children are without a home each day in the United States.- Homeless Problem: No Problem for Those Not HomelessSuggests reasons for failure of existing attempts to deal with the homeless, analysis of some problems and of the classes of homeless, and proposes outlines of several programs that might be efficacious.

