The Homeless Of America. All 50 States If you haven't noticed the homeless population in the United States has exploded in recent years. It was already growing before the pandemic and when COVID hit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Tuesday, December 30, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The issue of homelessness continues to plague the U.S. One of ...

Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend--the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" in cities across America ...

Your body heat is rising in this sweaty-packed crowd of 30,000 people descending upon a converted sports stadium, forced to cozy up next to one another amid an extraordinary public health emergency.

Dr. Jim O’Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston’s homeless. The ...

“Americans With No Address” director/producer Julia Verdin wanted her documentary to put to rest a common misconception about people who are homeless. “We wanted to show the spectrum of the different ...

Americans pour staggering amounts of money into the fight against homelessness every year through federal programs, state funding and private donations. Yet a new analysis argues that despite the ...

As America stands at a crossroads – reassessing how we manage public services, strengthen our borders and privatize select government functions – one often-overlooked factor carries significant ...

At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still nursing — are packed into the back of her Toyota. She tells them it’s an adventure, but she’s terrified ...

Dr. Jim O’Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston’s homeless. The ...

Mr. Goldstone is the author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” forthcoming. At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still ...