Our communities are facing unprecedented challenges to our collective safety and efforts to house all of our neighbors.| National Coalition for the Homeless - Building a movement to End Homelessness
Advocates are condemning President Trump’s deployment of federal troops and threats to arrest unhoused people in Washington, D.C.| Invisible People
“You can’t arrest yourself out of homelessness,” Donald Whitehead ED @NCH| National Coalition for the Homeless
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to a precedent that had prevented cities from punishing homeless people when no shelter is available.| Invisible People
From a legislative perspective, it is illegal to be homeless in virtually every state in the USA, except for two - Oregon and Wyoming.| Invisible People
The criminalization of homelessness and internment camps disturbingly echo WWII camps and will not help solve the homelessness crisis.| Invisible People
Portland's Mayor Ted Wheeler proposes fining or jailing homeless people who decline available shelter, sparking controversy about its implications.| Invisible People
Trump signs two executive orders aimed at “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” that will actually make our cities more dangerous for residents who are poor. WASHINGTON, D.C. – […] The post Trump administration issues executive orders that fundamentally misrepresent homelessness first appeared on National Coalition for the Homeless.| National Coalition for the Homeless
We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the increasing use of criminal law without due process guarantees, the... The post El Salvador: Stop the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders and the Dismantling of the Rule of Law appeared first on WOLA.| WOLA
Our new open book will revolve around the tenuous concept of crime (as a limit) in light of: – the lives and works of artists & philosophers subjected to criminalisation/persecution ̵…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Inspections have found repeated violations of federal standards at GEO Group’s Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility.| The Appeal
The HALT Fentanyl Act promises to curb drug use, but history shows it will worsen overdose rates and disproportionately punish homeless people.| Invisible People
San Jose’s proposed “Responsibility to Shelter” policy would allow police to arrest homeless people who refuse shelter offers.| Invisible People
A report by the Chiapas Support Committee The Zapatistas have maintained autonomous self-government in their territories in Chiapas ever since the successful and unexpected uprising of 1994. Last year, for the third or fourth time since that uprising, the Zapatistas...| Chiapas Support Committee
In the two months since the court's decision in Grants Pass, an analysis by The Appeal finds that dozens of municipalities have passed or proposed new camping bans that levy the possibility of fines, tickets, or jail time against unhoused residents. More are sure to follow.| theappeal.org
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.| National Alliance to End Homelessness
The Appeal contacted more than 120 prosecutors and city attorneys to ask if they’ll file criminal cases against campus Palestine protesters.| theappeal.org