homelessness
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Exclusive: Joey Bada$$ Talks Partnership With NYC Fund for Public Schools to Benefit Homeless Youth
Rapper, actor and Pro Era collective co-founder Joey Bada$$ tells The Root that each year, he creates a list of goals he aims to accomplish for the next 365 days. The Brooklyn native explains that one of 2020’s biggest goals is to go full-throttle with his philanthropic endeavors. He announced Wednesday that he’s partnered with…
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Selflessness on the Menu: Detroit Restaurants Use Food to Feed Homeless After Being Forced to Close
In this time of crisis and uncertainty, there is something to be said for people who can maintain the goodness in their hearts. In Detroit, chefs from local restaurants that were forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic have become shining examples of heroes who wear aprons instead of capes as they…
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Housing as a Human Right: Movement Gains Steam in Los Angeles in Response to Pandemic
For years, a housing crisis in California has been coming to a head as skyrocketing rents have outpaced people’s wages. That crisis has led to a growing homeless population the state has struggled to assist. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic requiring Californians to “shelter-in-place,” homeless families find themselves running out of safe options. In response,…
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This Homeless Atlanta Man Died in the Most Disrespectful Way, But Could the City Have Prevented It?
Cornelius Taylor’s cause of death has now been released to the public.
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More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says
More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black. Of an estimated 568,000 Americans who were without shelter last year, individual black Americans comprised…
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City of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear Arrests
That’s the spirit. Here’s some corporate and civic kindness for MLK Day. On Monday, Moms 4 Housing announced that it had struck a deal with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf and housing developer Wedgewood Properties to sell the vacant Oakland house, located at 2928 Magnolia Street, to them. The agreement follows last week’s eviction and arrests…
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Alabama Police Poses With 'Quilt' Made from Signs of the Homeless
Another day, another example of police officers just being straight trash. I really don’t have any other way to put it. CBS News reports that the 4th Precinct in Mobile, Alabama is under fire after two of it’s officers posted a picture on Facebook posing with a “quilt” made from the signs of the homeless…
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Colin Kaepernick Celebrated His 32nd Birthday by Feeding the Homeless in Oakland
While most of us spent our Sunday basking in the triumphant return of the Popeye’s chicken sandwich, others—like exiled NFL quarterback turned activist Colin Kaepernick—spent theirs being far nobler. The Hill reports that Kap spent the day providing the homeless with free food and supplies in Oakland, Calif. Did I mention that this was on…
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Tyler Perry Wants to Leave a Legacy by Building a Shelter for Trafficked Women and Girls, Homeless Women and Displaced LGBTQ Youth
With the recent grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, Tyler Perry’s legacy is pretty much cemented. However, making a difference in Hollywood is not the only way Perry wants to pay it forward. In a recent interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Perry revealed another big dream of his. “You know, the studio’s…
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Ben Carson Reportedly Speaks of ‘Big, Hairy Men’ Entering Women’s Bathrooms in Comments Called Transphobic
Ben Carson invoked tropes of “big, hairy men” invading women’s bathrooms in shelters and mourned a past when there were “just women and just men” in comments at least three staffers found to be transphobic. That’s according to the Washington Post, which reports that the three staffers requested anonymity fearing retaliation. An official with the…