With an estimated 75,000 people unhoused in Los Angeles County, there's universal agreement among our readers that the situation in Southern California is unacceptable and deserves urgent action. Where they disagree is on what's causing the homelessness problem and how to address it. The last L.A. mayoral election, between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, reflected that divide. It's also seen here in the letters of our readers when we asked them to weigh in. What we heard fell broadly into two camps:...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her State of the City address from City Hall on Monday. The Mayor touched on several issues impacting the story, including the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Oly
The term "allowance" may make you think of money a parent gives to a child. But married partners sometimes use it, too. Here's what to try instead.
In ten years’ time, high house prices and low supply could be a thing of the past. Kristian Niemietz offers a despatch from that brave new world… The year is 2035 and according to provisional figures released today by the Office for National Statistics it is the tenth year in a row during which house []
Founder LaQuida Landford shows up for Oregon’s most vulnerable ‘round the clock. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Before I get started, (and piss people off), I should start by saying this: “house keys not handcuffs,” “care...
As the legislative session unfolded in Indianapolis, a theme emerged – the government must be more accountable to the people. Gov. Eric Holcomb's recent signing of a suite of new bills ensures that Indiana’s courts and executive agencies are serving their proper roles and not abusing their power. Hoosiers across the state will benefit from these reforms. House Bill 1003, brought by Rep. Gregory Steuerwald, ensures the deck is not stacked in favor of government...
Wichita City Council members have approved the sale of a building that was just recently used as an emergency winter shelter for the homeless. The Council approved the sale of a former Cessna training facility at 21st
Part-neonatal unit, part-luxe hotel, these centres are attempting to make motherhood more appealing
A longtime homeless shelter in a Sarnia church has gone drug free. River City Vineyard pastor George Esser said the decision was made after an uptick in thefts, property damage and altercations at the 69-bed shelter. “We have never seen it this chaotic,” he said in a release. Experience has shown shelter officials they can’t […]
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa has blamed the unprecedented measure on drought, but also sabotage, without offering evidence.
Financial literacy is the least expensive and most effective tool for community economic development in existence, writes John Hope Bryant, yet we don't use it.
It is folklore that middle-class Americans received perpetual relief in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Here's how to prepare for changes on the horizon.