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Criminalizing homelessness? No teacher raises? It’s all part of GOP’s bigger plan for KY | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPoverty is a complicated beast, and if it were easy to tame, societies would have done so long ago....
"Criminalizing the Samaritan": Why cities across the US are making it illegal to feed the homeless
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agovolunteer organizing donations in boxes Getty Images/Hispanolistic Four days a week, volunteers from...
Will the Supreme Court Uphold the 14th Amendment and Block an Oregon Law Criminalizing Homelessness?
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNearly 38 million Americans live in poverty. In some areas and among some populations, entrenched...
If seeking help is a crime, HB24 will make us all criminals
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen a person holds a sign reading "Homeless and Hungry" or "Homeless Veteran, Anything Will Help,"...
Supreme Court to consider whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLegal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel...
Advocates: Arresting more homeless people won’t solve the issues uptown. What will? | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Charlotte City Council is set to vote this week on criminalizing a handful of city ordinances...
Surfside’s attempt to criminalize soap is latest attack on homeless people | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSurfside’s proposed ordinance criminalizing hygiene sinks to a new low in a counterproductive attack...
Critics say KY House bill ‘criminalizes poverty’ with penalties for homelessness
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGregory Searight has “lived rough” outside in Lexington for years, including a stint under a Loudon...
Stores say they've seen a rise in organized theft, now Kansas has a specific crime for it
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Kansas Senate passed a bill criminalizing organized retail crime, a form of organized theft from...
Civil rights groups file suit against Alabama law criminalizing some absentee ballot assistance
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA group of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the...