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The other night I was helping a friend move out of the area. My friend is a journalist who previously worked for a national newspaper and we were talking about the recent media blitz that …

Came across this article on mom’s washing and reusing their disposable diapers:
Welcome to life in Mendota – the unemployment capital of California. With a 41% jobless rate, the town’s social fabric is tearing at the …

Tarp Nation – New American Media 3.29.09
California’s Own Hooverville, Circa 2009 – Mother Jones 3.26.09
Hidden homeless emerge as U.S. economy worsens – Reuters 3.26.09
Fighting Her Way Out Of Homelessness – CBS The Early Show 3.26.09
Cities …

My Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious teen babysitter/mother’s helper, Miss K., recently relayed this joke to me:
“Over the weekend in D.C., first lady Michelle Obama was at a homeless shelter serving food to the homeless. Isn’t that nice? Reaching …

Hi. Please read this article. Even if you don’t live in Sacramento. Even if you don’t live in California.
Nearby St. John’s Shelter, which caters to women and children, has been running at or near capacity …

From today’s New York Times:

The problem in Fresno is different in that it is both chronic and largely outside the national limelight. Homelessness here has long been fed by the ups and downs in seasonal …