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Pregnant, Homeless and Living in a Tent: Meet Mckenzie

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 19, 2022October 19, 2022

In 2018, reporter Gale Holland, photographer Christina House, and videographer Claire Hannah Collins spent time with young unhoused people in an encampment above the Hollywood Freeway. Their Hollywood’s Finest series for the Los Angeles Times tells the stories of three women, including Mckenzie Trahan, a young woman who has been in and out of foster […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘The Mansion on Emerson Street’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2021October 19, 2022

“After more than a year of allowing most homeless camps to remain intact so as not to displace people during the pandemic, cities across the country are now beginning to confront another public health crisis unfolding on their streets.”

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Indignities of Poverty, Compounded by the Requirement to Prove It

by Longreads January 23, 2019February 22, 2023

In an excerpt from her debut memoir, Stephanie Land recalls being poor, and moving with her young daughter from a homeless shelter to transitional housing.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Banished

by Beth Schwartzapfel October 3, 2018October 19, 2022

After passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse game to move them.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Who Benefits from Homeless Relocation Programs?

by Aaron Gilbreath December 28, 2017October 19, 2022

Many American cities offer the homeless free bus tickets to move somewhere, but do these relocation programs do vunerable populations more harm than good?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How A Simple Mistake Can Put You on the Street: Why Grandpa is Homeless

by Krista Stevens February 5, 2017October 19, 2022

At Pacific Standard, Rachel Nuwer reports on the aging homeless population of California and how something seemingly innocuous — like forgetting to renew your driver’s licence on time — can instigate a downward spiral into poverty and homelessness that skyrocketing rent and street-inflicted trauma can extend, sometimes indefinitely.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Most Difficult Age to Be When You Work in Hollywood

by heymarkarms November 19, 2013October 19, 2022

“The Writer’s Guild of America has a term for my situation: They call it ‘The Gap.’ It’s the time period between when your years as a working writer end and your retirement begins. I actually have an excellent pension for when I finally retire. The Guild is a strong union and it has negotiated an […]

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