by Pat Hartman | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are reasons why a reporter chooses a certain individual for the “Face of Homelessness” type of article, just as there are reasons for picking the ideal subject for a “Face of Single Motherhood” story or a “Face of Traumatic Brain Injury” story. Last week, House...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here is an electrifying sentence from a long-form piece by John Flynn and Matt Kramer: During overnight storms last month, two homeless people died on City Hall property, elevating Sacramento’s humanitarian debate to a national level. Later, Courtney Collins, daughter...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Not long ago, Thomas Johnson of MimesisLaw.com published a piece called “How Does it Feel Winning the War Against the Homeless?” He sees an ongoing assault against the poor, waged by cops who increasingly act as private security forces for the wealthy elite class....
by Pat Hartman | Jun 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Remember State Representative Tom Brower of Hawaii, who got headlines by destroying a bunch of shopping carts? In a followup story, Brower expressed only one regret: that some people had interpreted his berserker sledge-hammer rampage as an “attack on the homeless.” ...
