Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Suing: Homeless person CRAIG BENEFIT enlisted the Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union (MCLU) after he was arrested twice for begging in Harvard Square. The MCLU will contend that a state law prohibiting begging is unconstitutional...
...remaining stragglers hurry to catch buses for the outlying suburbs and strip malls, leaving behind an uneasy mix of panhandlers, police and security guards. The only other substantial signs of life on a recent Monday night -- besides a few business travelers huddled in hotel bars -- are the homeless hanging around outside the St. Vincent de Paul shelter and the dozens of agitated voters gathered just across the street at the local Democratic headquarters to blow off some steam...
...Agency. Soldiers bivouacked on the ground, sharing prepackaged MRES (meals ready to eat) and carrying groceries for tired refugees. Day and night, they put up tents, folded linens and stuffed welcome packages of toiletries for tent cities that will eventually house 17,000 of the county's 250,000 homeless. They also helped channel the extraordinary outpouring of supplies sent south by churches, charities and countless concerned citizens...
Twenty-five miles south, in what was Homestead, the Army began checking in the first of the 17,000 homeless persons who are expected to occupy five tent cities, possibly until Christmas and beyond. "No drinking, no drugs and no profanity," new arrivals were told. With area residents reluctant to leave their gutted homes, only a few hundred had taken up the Army's offer of shelter by week...
...California chancellor Chang-Lin Tien intending to kill him. Part of a self-styled "People's Will Direct Action Committee," Denovo took part in protests over plans by the university and the city of Berkeley to build volleyball courts at People's Park, long a refuge of the homeless. She had a history of psychiatric treatment and was arrested last year for stashing explosives at a bivouac in the Berkeley hills...