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Stop Hate Crimes Against the Homeless ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture (tags: humans, hate crimes, homeless, environment )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - change.org

It's a cruel fact: when you live without a home, you are more vulnerable to violence on the streets. The Senate Judiciary is scheduled to vote on legislation that would add homeless people to the federal hate crimes statistics statue.

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Homeless Children Need Your Help ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture (tags: children, environment, homeless, protection, welfare )

Cher
- 13 days ago - change.org

Homeless children need to be given stable homes as soon as possible because homeless children are more likely to commit crimes, contract a STD, have low grades in school, and commit suicide.

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Analyst Says Florida's Sex-Offender Residency Law Is Flawed
Society & Culture (tags: sex offenders, homeless, crime, New Laws )

Lone
- 19 days ago - mcclatchydc.com

Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday

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Homeless Students: Increasingly, Families Taking Shelter Anywhere They Can
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, storage unit, school children, sadness, society, education, interesting )

Lone
- 27 days ago - chicagotribune.com

Maria Maior's son is a football-playing, skateboard-riding, Xbox-loving kid whose home reveals all the trappings of domesticity: a cushy sofa, big-screen TV, a framed poster of Brian Urlacher -- one of the 12-year-old's favorite football players. On most

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Thief Connected to Death of Officer Edwards Gets 3 Years
Society & Culture (tags: crime, theft, death, police, homeless, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 33 days ago - nydailynews.com

A petty criminal who broke into an off-duty cop's car and set off a chain of events that resulted in the cop's death was sentenced to 1-1/2 to 3 years on Wednesday

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UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL TO VISIT PINE RIDGE RESERVATION TO INVESTIGATE HOUSING CONDITIONS
Society & Culture (tags: housing, Native Americans, government, homeless )

Lone
- 38 days ago - ndnnews.com

San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2009 - The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on November 1st during her official visit to the United States where

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PS 636 After-School Program Gives Homeless Kids Chance to Succeed
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, children, school, help )

Lone
- 42 days ago - nydailynews.com

Budget cuts forced many schools to ax after-school programs, but almost every child at one Brooklyn school is dancing, cooking, fencing or building robots until 6 p.m.

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Judge Delays Hearing on Sacramento Homeless Camp
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, americans, rights, hearing, GoodNews )

Lone
- 74 days ago - sacbee.com

A judge today refused to stop a local lawyer from turning his midtown property into an encampment for the homeless

4 comments

Legal or Not, Homeowner Protests Tent City Next Door
Society & Culture (tags: tent city, homeless, homeowners, protests )

Lone
- 92 days ago - sacbee.com

Pedro Hernandez said he's lived in the well-maintained pink Victorian at 13th and C streets for more than half of his 71 years

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Homelessness Grows in Shadow of White House
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, sadness, women, children, hard life, government )

Lone
- 92 days ago - mcclatchydc.com

Part of the change in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours." -- President Barack

7 comments

State Ranks Near Top in Attacks on Homeless in Nation
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, violence, hate crimes, sadness, police )

Lone
- 95 days ago - sacbee.com

They were beaten, shot, stabbed, raped, pelted with paintballs and set on fire.

12 comments

Help Homeless Youth Get Off the Streets ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture (tags: youths, homeless, environment, protection )

Cher
- 100 days ago - change.org

Please do what you can to help homeless youth find their way off the streets and onto a path to self-sufficiency. Giving of your time, talents and treasures can make all the difference in providing hope to kids who have grown up without it.

13 comments

Help Homeless to Move Into Housing ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture (tags: humans, environment, homeless, housing, protection )

Cher
- 100 days ago - change.org

Lucia is a mother of 14 year old daughter. Lucia works and is a student. She has been homeless since 6/2005. Lucia was living in Santa Monica. She was not able to pay her rent because her husband was using drugs heavily and took all of the rent money

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Homeless Holocaust Survivor Leaves $100,000 Gift
Society & Culture (tags: GoodNews, homeless, women, education, money )

Lone
- 106 days ago - sacbee.com

Hebrew University has received a surprise donation of more than $100,000 from an unexpected benefactor - a woman who survived the Nazi Holocaust and appeared to be destitute, a university official said Sunday

4 comments

Attacks on Homeless Becoming Trend in Fla., Report Shows
Society & Culture (tags: homeless, raped, murdered, assault, violence, humans )

Lone
- 106 days ago - miamiherald.com

Last September, a homeless woman in Pompano Beach was raped and nearly strangled. Earlier in the year, two homeless men in West Palm Beach were shot and killed and a Fort Lauderdale man was accused of harassing the homeless with a chain saw.

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