Tag: Homeless

An epidemic making its way through the unhoused and formerly unhoused communities is wiping people out. The culprit is “the Blues.” Not depression. Blue pills cut with deadly fentanyl have become all the rage in my building, Fusion Studios. Some people purchase meth with shavings of &...

An epidemic making its way through the unhoused and formerly unhoused communities is wiping people out. The culprit is “the Blues.” Not depression. Blue pills cut with deadly fentanyl have become all the rage in my building, Fusion Studios. Some people purchase meth with shavings of &...

One of the stranger things that happens when you’ve squatted in gutted warehouses and stayed in the streets for a bit involves the people you meet. Some folks are clearly off their gourd. Others are not totally detached from reality, but clearly still have something wrong with them — ...

Two people who formerly experienced homelessness told the Denver City Council on Monday they are responding to the surge of migrants in the city at the expense of existing homeless services. Brandy Majors and Jesse Lashawn Parris both referenced the “invasion” by Venezuelan migrants. ...

“Ireally liked the dog from your Tinder profile,” I said to him, looking gingerly around at the baggage he had decided to bring to our date. It’s a first date. Usually people leave their issues — and things — at home for those. He couldn’t. “Oh, you won&r...

In the UK, we spend £3 billion keeping asylum seekers in hotels, while homeless Brits live — and some die — on the streets. It’s really screwed up. We have a system where local authorities are supposed to house homeless people in emergency accommodation, and they do. But s...

Dominik Bloh became homeless at the age of 16 when his grandmother, who had been raising him, passed away, and his mentally ill mother ejected him from home. He lived on the streets, slept in train stations, parks, yet continued attending school and even managed to pass his high school exams. He spe...

Mickel Cherry faces the charge of capital murder, meaning the man may be handed the death sentence. Little Zoey was found in a field near the homeless camp where Mickel resided. She was unresponsive, and it was abundantly clear from her injuries that that was no accidental death. Firefighters at ...

An unsheltered individual is shot by a woman who manages to escape almost unscathed. It just goes to show how biased the criminal justice system is, and how many flaws it has, leaving those who truly seek justice hurt and broken. Katie Quackenbush, 32, was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days on pr...