Category: National
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Chris Faraone on Journalism in the Trump Era
When local alternative journalist Chris Faraone sparred with Andrew Breitbart—founder of Breitbart News, the ultra-conservative site that has promulgated racist, sexist and antisemitic content—in 2012, only one came out alive. Shortly after Faraone and Breitbart clashed on WRKO, Breitbart died. Faraone likes to claim credit for Breitbart’s early death—his book is entitled “I Killed Breitbart.”…
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New York City Sees Record Homeless Population
A record-breaking total of more than 60,000 homeless individuals are seeking refuge in New York City’s homeless shelters this fall, a deluge that is drawing attention to the city’s handling of its homeless citizens. The city’s affordable housing crisis is the primary cause of the increase, according to policy analyst for New York City’s Coalition…
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National Runaway Prevention Month
A recent annual report from the National Runaway Safeline says that each year, roughly 250,000 children and adolescents call expressing concerns about their family life or home life, and anywhere from 1.6 to 2.8 billion youth run away from home. As part of its mission to help these youth, the NRS engages in a month-long…
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Barrett Reflects on Mighty Career in Punk Rock, Charity, Lending a Helping Hand
It may not come as a surprise for most fans of Boston-bred punk music, but Dicky Barrett is one of a kind. Although he was the MC for one of the most well-known late night talk shows on one of the biggest networks in history, Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, most people know him as…
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Denver lawyer seeks class action lawsuit against the city for homeless sweeps
Denver-based lawyer Jason Flores-Williams got tired of seeing homeless people in his neighborhood being sent out of the city in droves. He and Terese Howard, an organizer for Denver Homeless Out Loud, have joined the fight to protect homeless people from what they call unconstitutional “homeless sweeps” throughout the city. “There are no more rooms…
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Alleged Serial Killer Who Targeted San Diego’s Homeless Found Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial
A San Diego serial killer arrested for the murder of three homeless men in July was found mentally incompetent to stand trial recently by Superior Court Judge Steven Stone. Stone ruled that Jon David Guerrero, 39, will spend the next three years at Patton State Hospital—a forensic psychiatric hospital in San Bernardino County—according to San…
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In Their Own Words: Trump and Clinton on Poverty
This year’s presidential campaign has been about a huge list of topics – but one that seemed to be largely missing from that list was poverty and homelessness. Here’s a last minute, pre-election primer on where the candidates have stood. – Trump says he’ll get Americans out of poverty by “creating incentives.” No, it’s not…
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Hawaii’s Newest Shelter Aims to be a Blueprint for Future Services
Crystal Lewis, a Coast Guard veteran and mother of three, was the first client at Hawaii’s newest homeless shelter, a remodeled warehouse in urban Honolulu that provides 24-hour shelter for families while working with them to find long-term housing within 90 days. In Hawaii, where homelessness is so widespread, the governor declared it a state…
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Q&A with Elizabeth Warren: the senator talks about the presidential race and Wells Fargo scandal
Senator Elizabeth Warren at the opening of Cambridge’s Y2Y youth shelter. Photo: Zengzheng Wang. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most prominent critics of Wall Street and big banks since the 2008 recession began. Her tough interrogations of bankers and businessmen in the Senate Banking Committee launched many viral videos, the most…
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Eric Alterman: Reviving the liberal label
For nearly a year and a half many journalists and media outlets have struggled to make sense on Donald Trump’s sexist, racist, xenophobic campaign for President. But not The Nation’s Eric Alterman. “I think Trump is in many ways a continuation of what we’ve gotten from the Republican Party for the past 20 years,” Alterman…