When passing by a homeless person on the street, many people are taught not to slow down or make eye contact, especially if it’s at a time where they have no money to offer. That theory was put to the ...

Benjamin Dunning with Denver Homeless Out Loud resented this notion and said he thinks Coffman's experiment was a publicity stunt. “I was on the streets for 4½ years and saw just the opposite,” ...

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Typically up to 50 homeless people come off the streets every day to eat lunch at Friendship House in Mount Vernon. That has been the case for 32 years. These days, however, the doors are increasingly ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A social experiment filmed in San Francisco is going viral because of a homeless man's incredible act of kindness. The video shows a man sleeping on a bench near the Metreon Shopping ...

While state Sen. Dallas Harris’ Bill of Rights for the homeless tugs at the heart strings, it ignores that taking a soft stance on the lawless behavior of homeless individuals is destroying cities ...

SAN DIEGO — Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn’t fit the archetype of someone teetering on the brink of ...

When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants a lease, activists and camp residents celebrated it as a ...

San Jose homeless advocates are demanding answers on how a city program to house people in trailers during the coronavirus pandemic failed. A small group this week gathered just outside the gates of ...

SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) -- San Jose homeless advocates are demanding answers about how a city program to house people in trailers during the pandemic failed. A small group gathered just outside the gates of ...

The most important currency in pulling off this massive health care experiment is trust. And that is being built on the ground, with community outreach workers scouring hospitals and homeless ...