Homelessness
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These Foster Kids Need Mental Health Care. New Mexico Is Putting Them in Homeless Shelters
Youth crisis shelters aren’t set up to deal with foster youth who need intensive mental health treatment. When teens try to harm themselves or others, staff resort to calling 911
- Kids in Crisis
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Republican Lawmaker Says Homeless Should Look to Hitler for Inspiration
"He practiced his oratory and body language and how to connect with citizens, and then went on to lead a life that got him in the history books," Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley said on Wednesday
- Politics
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First They Got Long Covid. Then, It Made Them Homeless
It's estimated that millions of Americans have developed chronic illness as a result of Covid-19 infection. For some — especially those in the gig economy — it's made them unable to support themselves
- (Sub)Culture
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The Music Industry Saved Songwriter Hugh Prestwood From Homelessness. Is It Also Responsible for His Plight?
Prestwood wrote hits for Randy Travis and Trisha Yearwood in the Nineties, but at 79 he was forced to launch a GoFundMe campaign when he and his wife could no longer afford rent
- Music
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Bordering on Desperation
In Gallup, New Mexico, a town surrounded by the Navajo Nation, a pandemic crosses paths with homelessness, hate and healers
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