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Homelessness
Trump Plan Could Leave Nearly 200,000 People at Risk of Becoming Unhoused
It guts long-term housing programs, helps dismantle encampments, and forces mental illness and addiction treatment.
Recalled Baby Formula Went to Groups Serving Unhoused and at-Risk Families
The program lists 23 organizations across the country as participants in the ByHeart formula donation program.
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail
At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.
Vulnerable Renters Are Fearful as Emergency Housing Vouchers Wind Down
The end of a pandemic-era federal housing subsidy leaves tens of thousands across the US unsure where they’ll live next.
Fox Host Apologizes for Saying Unhoused People Should Receive “Lethal Injection”
Despite his public call to “just kill” unhoused people, Brian Kilmeade continues to host “Fox & Friends.”
The World Has Failed to Stop Israel. Our Only Choices Now: Leave or Die.
I soon face the possibility of never being able to return to Gaza City.
Trump’s Answer to Homelessness? Lock Up Unhoused and Disabled People.
New coalitions are forming to protect those targeted by Trump’s move to institutionalize unhoused people.
Is Assisted Suicide About Autonomy or Coercion? A New Film Asks Hard Questions.
Truthout speaks to filmmaker Reid Davenport about assisted suicide, Medicaid cuts, and the fight for disabled lives.
Looming Federal Cuts to Public Education Threaten Communities in Every State
Educators say the cuts will hit already vulnerable low-income, unhoused, disabled, migrant and refugee students hardest.