Your body heat is rising in this sweaty-packed crowd of 30,000 people descending upon a converted sports stadium, forced to cozy up next to one another amid an extraordinary public health emergency.

“Americans With No Address” director/producer Julia Verdin wanted her documentary to put to rest a common misconception about people who are homeless. “We wanted to show the spectrum of the different ...

As America stands at a crossroads – reassessing how we manage public services, strengthen our borders and privatize select government functions – one often-overlooked factor carries significant ...

Dr. Jim O’Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston’s homeless. The ...

At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still nursing — are packed into the back of her Toyota. She tells them it’s an adventure, but she’s terrified ...

A person sleeps on the sidewalk on the first day of a statute that took effect, making it illegal in Florida to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, on beaches or in other public spaces — one of the ...

On the Tuesday, December 30, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The issue of homelessness continues to plague the U.S. One of the demographics hit hardest is students under the age of 18. USA TODAY ...

In Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, we meet Celeste, who is dealing with a cancer diagnosis and moves into an extended-stay hotel after a fire burns down ...

Dr. Jim O’Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the first three decades of his 40-year career treating Boston’s homeless. The ...

Mr. Goldstone is the author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” forthcoming. At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still ...