California wants to improve animal shelter conditions, reduce strays
Cats and dogs can’t speak up for themselves, but their allies have been making a lot of noise in the California Legislature recently. The overcrowded…
Chicago’s migrant response stirs old frustrations for Black residents
CHICAGO — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to…
Lebanese displaced by Israeli strikes shelter in abandoned hotel | Hezbollah
NewsFeedNearly twenty years after its last paying guests checked out, this abandoned hotel in southern Lebanon is now home to dozens of families displaced by…
In a Rafah school called ‘Hope’, Gaza IDPs seek shelter from Israel’s bombs | Israel War on Gaza
Rafah, Gaza Strip – The rooms and corridors of Rafah’s Al-Amal Rehabilitation Society, a two-storey building in a sunny yard filled with trees, and a…
In 'Shayda,' a woman's escape sheds light on her abuser — and a patriarchal culture
Zar Amir Ebrahimi, left, and Selina Zahednia in Shayda. (Jane Zhang / Sony Pictures Classics) In 'Shayda,' a woman's escape sheds light on her abuser…
Why did more migrants enter California and fewer in Texas?
WASHINGTON — A new pattern emerged along the nation’s southern border last month: Migrant arrests plummeted at the Texas border in January compared to the same…
People in Bibra Lake urged to ‘shelter in place’ as emergency bushfire breaks out during Perth heatwave
In short: An emergency warning has been issued for a fire burning close to homes in Perth's southern suburbs.Perth is sweltering through yet another heatwave and…
Several killed in Israeli attack on UN shelter housing 800 in southern Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
UNRWA official fears ‘mass casualties’ after Israeli tank shelling on one of its facilities in Khan Younis. Several people have been killed after a United…
Palestinians’ tents in Gaza offer no shelter from Israeli bombardment | Israel War on Gaza
NewsFeed“It’s a tent. I came to find my family in pieces.” A Palestinian father recalls an Israeli attack on his family’s tent in central Gaza…
The Supreme Court could help California criminalize homelessness
Is homelessness a crime? The answer should obviously be no. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a case that poses that question, and…
Meet the activist running a shelter in Uganda for people living with HIV
Uganda sparked global outrage last year with the introduction of its Anti-Homosexuality Act, which has forced the country’s LGBTQIA+ community to adjust to a new…
Limits on San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments upheld by 9th Circuit
A court order limiting San Francisco’s ability to clear street encampments of people who have nowhere else to go will remain in effect while litigation…
Indonesian students evict Rohingya from shelter demanding deportation | Rohingya News
Large crowd storms into building housing the refugees in the city of Banda Aceh, saying they should be deported. Hundreds of university students in Indonesia’s…
Custom Spike Lee Air Jordans show up in homeless shelter bin
When celebrating his first Oscar win in 2019, Spike Lee jumped into the arms of a beaming Samuel L. Jackson. On the “BlacKkKlansman” director and…