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Trump’s Pick to Lead Homelessness Council Thinks Free Food Is ‘Enabling’
Robert Marbut's consulting website outlining his views to combat homelessness was deleted, but not before an advocate captured screenshots.
Almost 500 migrant students are joining a Texas district. Texas doesn’t want to pay.
The district and the state can't agree on funding.
Intimate Portraits of the Thousands of Haitian Refugees Stranded in Tijuana
About 3,500 Haitians are waiting to cross the border into the US.
Your Local Shelter Probably Won't Let You Adopt a Black Cat Around Halloween
You really can't, and it's "because apparently there are bad people," one shelter vaguely told us.
The Strongest Hurricane on Record in the Western Hemisphere to Hit Mexico
The Category 5 hurricane is projected to make land in the afternoon or early evening, with the storm's centre located somewhere between the resort city of Puerto Vallarta and the port of Manzanillo
German Anti-Migrant March Draws Thousands
Between 7,000 and 10,000 protesters joined Monday's rally on Dresden's main Neumarkt square, many of them waving German flags and marching beneath banners denouncing the "Islamization of Europe."
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Following Outcry, the Red Cross Is Shifting Its Priorities in Haiti
The Red Cross says it is adopting a better approach to help Haitians recover from the 2010 earthquake — but past mistakes might plague its future.
This is How New York’s Record-Breaking Homeless Population Celebrates Thanksgiving
Gotham now lays claim to Great Depression levels of homelessness, with nearly 60,000 humans sleeping in shelters, on the street, or underground. Can a new mayor change the game?
Most of the People Killed by San Francisco Cops Are Mentally Ill
For years, the city has failed to look after its mentally ill population, and too often this results in cops having to deal with situations they don't have training in.
‘We Had Everything but Freedom’: Inside Mexico's Shelter of Horrors
Some 450 children, and six infants, lived in squalid conditions at La Gran Familia, a group shelter now under investigation in Michoacán.
What’s the Best Way to Kill a Puppy?
Even if you accept the premise that kill shelters are a necessary evil and that ownerless dogs should be put down so they don't live aimless lives as nonpets, wouldn't you agree that puppy gas chambers are a crime against civilized sensibility and a...
