LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented in the homeless population and were challenged to access community resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘I’ve gotten used to it’: Homeless and fighting cancer, Phoenix man strums tunes
Sydney Babbitt, 67, has cancer and became homeless during the pandemic. Circle the City, a respite care center in Phoenix, stepped up to help.
Staying afloat: How Asian-owned businesses found COVID-19 relief within the community
As COVID-19 battered small businesses across the country, some Asian-owned businesses found the best relief in their communities.
Logging on: Young activists turn to social media to raise money for social justice
A new wave of organizers are turning to Instagram, GoFundMe to distribute donations to Black and queer youths and others who fall through the cracks of government support.
A poor measure of need: Researchers work to update decades-old poverty line
Researchers are tackling a new way to measure poverty, saying access to billions of dollars in public aid are affected by a public standard that has not been updated since the 1960s.
Shelter lockdown affects sobriety journey for New Mexico men
The Good Shepherd Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico enforced a strict lockdown when the pandemic began. Some men in the six-month substance abuse program said it helped their recovery, others were not so sure.
Yurok tribe grows solutions in soil of crisis
The coronavirus pandemic, record drought in Northern California that has severely impacted the fish population in the Klamath River and the ongoing infrastructure problem on Highway 101 has awoken the Yurok Tribe to the food insecurity issue in the area.