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U.S.: Being Young and Homeless Could Get Even Worse
Amber and a friend sit on Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley, where homeless people may be targeted for fines. Credit: Judith Scherr/IPSAmber, 24, who’s been living on the streets half her life, was...
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Non-governmental organisations in Mexico are presenting a complaint Friday Nov. 2 before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about government mistreatment and “social cleansing” of thousands...
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Why So Many Palestinian Civilians Were Killed During Gaza War
The Qassem family from Beit Hanoun in Gaza, civilians whose home was targeted by Israeli air strikes during the 2007/2008 Israel-Gaza war, leaving them homeless. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPSBy Mel...
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Slum-Dwelling Still a Continental Trend in Africa
Slums in a Kenyan shanty town. Africa has more than 570 million slum-dwellers, according to UN-Habitat, with over half of the urban population (61.7 percent) living in slums. Photo credit: Colin...
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Marginalised Minorities and Homeless Especially Hard-hit by Mexico’s Quake
A community of 35 Nahñú indigenous families, from the central state of Querétaro, set up a camp in front of the old building that they occupied in the center of Mexico City, which was heavily damaged...
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Homeless Camps, a Reflection of Growing Inequality in Chile
On Cerro 18, above the affluent municipality of Lo Barnechea, in the coveted eastern sector of Santiago de Chile with a stunning view of the valley and the Andes Mountains, 300 families live in five...
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