Homeless articles
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‘We can’t solve homelessness’: Topeka leaders continue homeless cleanup efforts
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka leaders say crews are continuing their efforts to combat the homeless issue in the Capital City. At the mayor's monthly press conference, Topeka City leaders discussed the ongoing work to clean up homeless camps near the Kansas River. In February, city crews cleaned up 177 tons of trash and debris from []
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Knowing the full story about homelessness
We need to understand why a situation has turned out the way it has to be able to identify with the reasons behind a person’s choices. We are naturally disposed to find comfort and understanding in a beginning, a middle and an end. I was reminded of that this month, when reading the Scottish Government’s school attendance and absentee statistics, which found that 31 per cent of students were “persistently absent” from classes. There are many ways to look at this figure, which is a shocking one....
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Abcarian: Criminalizing homelessness is unconscionable, but is it unconstutitional?
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads. If the case reveals nothing else about the state of our country, it reveals this: We continue to fail the homeless people who live among us, and no single court ruling in the world is going to solve the underlying issues — the lack of affordable housing, widespread income equality, substance abuse...