by Pat Hartman | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
You might find Fatimah Ali on a sidewalk or in a store, talking to people about the need to house the homeless, offering them copies of a publication called One Step Away. Or you might find her putting the paper together along with her co-workers, the...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
It was just over a year ago when B. N. Duncan died at age 65, and he is still missed daily in his old haunts, the streets of Berkeley, California. Duncan’s death and the memorial held for him were covered by a number of publications. He even made the CBS Evening...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Down in Florida, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been involved for 10 years in an active struggle against the tomato growers over, among others issues, a living wage. The pickers are the very definition of the working poor, a combination of...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
The recession that has so far wiped out 15 million American jobs is still going on. It has given birth to a whole new huge category of citizens, the economic homeless. The concept of the working poor has been around a long time, but now we’ve got the working poor who,...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Like many others, Richard R. Troxell prefers the term, “people experiencing homelessness” — and for a very good reason. Just “homeless” sounds too hardcore, a permanent condition, like an amputated limb. Sadly, in many cases, that is all too accurate. Far too many...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Out of all Americans currently experiencing homelessness, some say that one in four is a veteran. Richard R. Troxell says it’s more like one in three, going by the figures gleaned by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, namely, 28-33%. And, out of that...
