Tag: Homelessness
Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American...
Brenda Wiewel, University of Southern California
Los Angeles became ground zero for America’s homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.
“We...
The 2019 government shutdown is just the latest reason why poor...
Jamila Michener, Cornell University
I conduct a lot of in-depth interviews with people like a woman I’ll call Angie as part of my work as...
Shelter design can help people recover from homelessness
Jill Pable, Florida State University
Some 544,000 people in the United States have no shelter every night, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and...
Why turning homelessness into a crime is cruel and costly
Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University and Sara Rankin, Seattle University
Increasingly, local laws punish Americans who are homeless.
By severely restricting or even barring the...
Why there are so many unsheltered homeless people on the West...
Margot Kushel, University of California, San Francisco
One-quarter of homeless people in the U.S. live in California, despite Californians making up only 12 percent of...
Is bigger really better?
Alexandra Staub, Pennsylvania State University
The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is inadequate, while luxury homes abound. Homelessness remains a persistent...
Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
Sean Weiss, City College of New York
A decade after the global economic collapse, urban development is booming.
This is good news for architects. Indeed,...
The hidden homelessness among America’s high school students
Stacey Havlik, Villanova University
One in 30.
That’s what a new first-of-its-kind study found was the number of students ages 13 to 17 who have experienced...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
