Razing encampments satisfies the public, hurts the homeless | Opinion Under the guise of public health and safety, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley recently announced plans to evict people from several large tent encampments in Providence. It is important for us to be open ... 05/18/2024 - 11:12 pm | View Link
Some Columbian readers have questioned costs of Vancouver's Safe Stay homeless shelters Several readers have contacted The Columbian to ask how much it costs to house someone at one of Vancouver’s four Safe Stay homeless shelters, each of which comprises 20 huts surrounded by a fence. Wo ... 05/17/2024 - 2:07 am | View Link
State’s $28M homeless outreach program houses 450 New Yorkers during first two years Hochul launched the outreach program in 2022 as a part of her $1 billion mental health initiative, a focus of which is getting homeless individuals into housing and mental health care. The state has ... 05/16/2024 - 10:33 pm | View Link
Dozens of homeless people cleared out of encampments in Northwest DC Officials in the District worked to clear out two homeless encampments in Northwest D.C. Thursday morning, citing health, safety and community use as reasons behind the removal. The encampments are in ... 05/16/2024 - 4:24 am | View Link
Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of Homeless People, Violating City Policy Nicole Santa Cruz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in ... 05/15/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
President Joe Biden is giving a commencement speech at Morehouse, one of the country's preeminent historically Black colleges, as pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US. Follow here for live news updates.
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Workers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a rapidly growing organizing wave for autoworkers in the southern United States. Via CNN:
The result was a close outcome. Out of the valid votes counted, 56% of workers voted “no,” while 44% voted “yes” for unionization, according to Mercedes-Benz.
Wisconsin Republicans are so very confused about where they stand on ballot drop boxes, they don't even know their own position anymore. For decades, Republicans were all for drop boxes and wanted them in every county. Then when Trump lost in 2020 and blamed, in part, voter fraud because of drop boxes, the Republicans were dead set against them.
“If you choose the path of zealots, dragging the country into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government. We will turn to the people and build a government that will earn the people’s trust.”
— Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet quoted by the New York Times, giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum