New Investigation Sheds Light on Those Buried on Hart Island
Hart Island is the lonely strip of land in Long Island Sound where the bodies of New York City's unclaimed dead lie in mass graves.The city doesn't allow the public to visit, and keeps the records...
View ArticleHomelessness, Digital Reading, Family Trees
Coming up on today's show:The Islamic State terrorist group continues to move across Africa. What does America's military footprint look like on the continent? Nick Turse, author of "Tomorrow's...
View ArticleThe Voices of America's Homeless
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Housing affordability and availability in big cities like New York and San Francisco are often viewed as issues of the working, middle, and upper...
View Article219- Unpleasant Design
Benches in parks, train stations, bus shelters and other public places are meant to offer seating, but only for a limited duration. Many elements of such seats are subtly or overtly restrictive. Arm...
View Article50 – An Unexpected Kitchen: The George Foreman Grill
Sometimes life without a kitchen leads to the most unexpected hidden kitchen of all—The George Foreman Grill. How immigrants and homeless people without official kitchens use The George Foreman Grill,...
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Siblinghood, One Year Later
Last year, we asked you to tell us about your sibling relationships, and how they've evolved as you and your brothers and sisters have grown up. What we heard was that these relationships can be some...
View ArticleRichard Gere as a Homeless New Yorker
Richard Gere - actor, activist, and founding chairman of New York's Tibet House - talks about his new movie "Time Out of Mind," in which he plays a homeless New Yorker. The film opens September 9th in...
View ArticleNew York Builds Housing to Cut Healthcare Costs
Barabara Scamordella spent about 15 years living on and off the streets of New York City and Nassau County. This past January, she got lucky: she moved into a new supportive housing development called...
View ArticleWhy NYC Has Struggled with Homelessness for Decades
New York City shelters more than 50,000 homeless people at an annual cost of more than $1 billion. Professor Thomas J. Main of Baruch College in his new book, Homelessness in New York City:...
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A Menstrual Hygiene Movement for the Homeless
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.When she was a freshman at high school, Nadya Okamoto and her family suddenly became homeless.“My mom lost her job and within weeks it became...
View ArticleWhy City's Homeless Students Have High Absentee Rates
Almost a third of students living in family shelters were absent from school more than 20 percent of the time, according to a new study by the city's Independent Budget Office.The agency looked at data...
View ArticleYes, You Can Vote If You Are Homeless (As Long as You’re Registered)
When voters head to the polls for next Tuesday’s presidential election, anyone who is registered can cast a ballot — even people who are homeless.That includes voters who are staying in a temporary...
View ArticleInvestigators: Radiator Leak May Be Responsible for Toddlers' Deaths
Two sibling toddlers died after suffering steam burns in a New York City apartment, according to authorities, and investigators are looking into whether a radiator malfunctioned.The New York Police...
View ArticleAvella Announces Mayoral Bid in Front of Symbolic Queens Site
New York State Senator Tony Avella made his bid for mayor next year official with a formal campaign launch on Sunday. He said it was time, “to put neighborhoods first in this city and politics...
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De Blasio Campaigns Where Reality Meets Expectations
As the race for mayor starts to heat up, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s biggest challenge so far is the unmet expectations of his supporters.He spent two-and-half hours taking questions at a town hall meeting...
View ArticleThe choir where homeless singers find hope and acceptance
A group of vocalists gathered to share their love of music on a recent Friday in downtown San Diego.“There will be no love dyin’ here,” belted out the 16 singers, aspiring choir members who came from...
View ArticleEvaluating Trump's AG Pick, Unrest in Mexico, A Homeless Crisis in The Golden...
Coming up on today's show:On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin to hold confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general....
View ArticleCalifornia Cities Look for New Ways to Fight Homelessness
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Officials estimate there are at least 6,700 homeless people living in San Francisco on any given night. The mayor and city leaders have...
View ArticleCommunity College Students Struggle With Hunger, Homelessness
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Community colleges are typically the most affordable way into the nation’s higher education system, but a new report out today shows that...
View ArticleWhy It's So Hard To Stop Being Homeless
Bertha Martinez and Shaquanna Spence tell us about their experiences being caught up in the city's homeless shelter program. They're among eight homeless New Yorkers profiled by journalist DW Gibson...
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