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Category: Homelessness

Shower Truck

Charity: It feels so good it hurts

August 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber Activism, Charity & Justice, Civil liberties, Democracy, Homelessness, Human Rights, Poverty Leave a comment

This week we have another heart-warming story from our St. Louis Community. A man named Jake Austin runs a special service, a Shower the

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Great Society

A Skewed View of Washington, DC from the Heartland

April 19, 2017 Arthur Lieber Charity & Justice, Community/Common good, Federalism, Homelessness, States Leave a comment

I recently had two experiences which crystallized why I think that so many Americans, particularly younger ones, do not understand the importance of the

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Carteret Islands

Carteret Islands; ground zero for climate change

March 30, 2017 Renee Shur Climate Change, Environment, Homelessness, Refugees 2 comments

“Climate change is not just about statistics. Climate change is not just about science. Climate change is about human rights.” – Ursula Rakova, Founder

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Addressing hunger: Republicans say charity; Dems say government

January 31, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Charity & Justice, Community/Common good, Demographics/Polls, Homelessness, Poverty, Survey 3 comments

If charity was the answer to our problems, then there would be no homelessness in America, no poverty in general. We would have a

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Americans are too charitable

September 9, 2015 Arthur Lieber Charity & Justice, Food, Homelessness, Poverty, Republicans Leave a comment

You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a

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Micro-sized houses with potentially huge impact around the world

March 4, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Homelessness, Human Rights, Ideas, International, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Great news from the humanitarian ideas department. In 2006, Doug Sharp, of Des Moines IA, put together a team of architects with the goal

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Invisible and hurting

January 29, 2014 Susan Cunningham Activism, Charity & Justice, Cities, Economy, Homelessness, Missouri region, Poverty Leave a comment

Many of my friends have been incredibly generous with donations of food, money, toiletries and blankets to the St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach volunteers. 

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New Delhi? Zaatari? No, this is Fresno, California

October 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Cities, Economy, Employment, Homelessness Leave a comment

Tragically, we have become accustomed to seeing pictures of deplorable living conditions in many parts of the world: We pity the people subjected to

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Homeless [and powerless] in St. Louis: A problem without borders

September 27, 2013 Susan Cunningham Activism, Charity & Justice, Cities, Government, Homelessness, Housing, Missouri region, Poverty, States 2 comments

I sat in a barely comfortable chair yesterday for three hours listening to men in suits debate whether a homeless shelter in St. Louis

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Federalism that works

August 14, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Charity & Justice, Civil liberties, Economy, Employment, Ethics, Federalism, Homelessness, Poverty Leave a comment

Check out below the first sentence of an article in the Aug. 13, 2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ST. LOUIS • The city has received an

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