Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...level in Harvard Square. During these few weeks before Christmas, when all of America is supposed to feel some vague feeling of generosity, there have been a number of individuals collecting spare change for things other than the typical food, clothing and shelter. A few feet away from a homeless, hungry, disabled veteran, I saw a few men trying to raise money for, well, road trips...
...most panelists agreed that some basic problems--sixth as the homeless, trash, and the condition of "the pit"--need to be addressed. Panelist Richard Getz, for example, mentioned a coupon program to assist penhandlers...
Newt Gingrich, for all his talk of a Creator, refused to demonstrate the basic human compassion that a belief in any Creator demands. He talked of prayer in schools, but did not mention the homeless people who we see every day walking the streets of Boston and New York. He could not address the xenophobia and racism that spawned Proposition 187 in California, or the proliferation of guns on our streets that even a few weeks ago allowed a deranged man to fire 15 shots from an automatic weapon into the White House...
Green stepped off a Greyhound bus from Houston in June with $100, some clothes and a camera. Another homeless youth quickly stripped her of her money and camera, and now she survives on food from the youth shelters, money from tourists and whatever Troll can offer...
...usually about once a month, late in the evening after too much cheap wine. He pulls his black leather jacket over his head and presses his knees against his chest, under cover because he cannot be seen crying in Golden Gate Park. There are too many other homeless people looking for any advantage...