They Built a Utopian Sanctuary in a Minneapolis Hotel. Then They Got Evicted.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Saturday after George Floyd was killed, Abu Bakr Bryant, a 29-year-old from Minneapolis, found himself walking dazedly among the charred remains of Chicago Avenue, the street where Floyd took his last breaths. Shops and restaurants smoldered. Windows had been boarded up.…
If a Pandemic Can’t Force San Francisco to Reckon With Homelessness, Nothing Can
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The tents started popping up soon after the shelter-in-place order came down, in mid-March. By early May, some 90 of them were clustered in Civic Center Plaza, with more joining each day—a sprawling encampment of people without housing, little nylon domes dotting…
Devin Nunes Went on Fox News and Compared Homeless People to “Zombie Apocalypse”
Rep. Devin Nunes on Fox and FriendsScreenshot For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In the latest installment of misinformed, offensive comments from politicians during the pandemic, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) went on Fox and Friends Sunday morning and described his state’s homeless population as a “zombie apocalypse” of…
Bloomberg Once Promoted a Plan to House Homeless Families on Cruise Ships
Michael Bloomberg delivering a press briefing in 2002. Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma It was the fall of 2002, early in Michael Bloomberg’s first term as mayor of New York. The billionaire-turned-politician had been struggling all year to address a growing crisis: The Big Apple’s homeless population was skyrocketing to record levels, and the city had run out…
Like All Building Projects, California’s Housing Bill Is Behind Schedule and Causing Headaches
Richard Vogel/AP images Earlier this month, it looked like California’s hotly contested housing legislation, Senate Bill 50, might fail yet again. As it was nearing a fatal deadline, bill author state Sen. Scott Wiener caught a break: Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins moved the bill out of the Appropriations Committee, where it was held…
Addressing Homelessness Causes Homelessness, White House Says
Evan Vucci/AP In September, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), an office within the executive branch that advises the president on economic policy, released a report titled “The State of Homelessness in America.” The report provided a snapshot of regional homeless populations, the factors contributing to the concentration of homeless people in certain…