Taking Issue with The Big Issue
An examination of popular misconceptions about the Big Issue magazine, including interviews with sellers.
Open Season: The Conservative Assault on California’s Poor
Derek Hart voices his frustration not only at the proposed cuts to health, welfare, and education in his native California, but also at how – in his view – conservatives are uncaring and heartless when it comes to those in poverty and the less fortunate.
A Final Solution to Homelessness
Canadian Author, Joanne Shaw, former antipoverty activist and lobbiest, has proposed a solution to homelessness to Canadian Prime Minister and other people in office which would allow an Canadian, Canadian Resident or Visitor to Canada, if they found themselves without food, to simply go to a restaurant and if without a house or apartment to check into any hotel or motel in Canada. It is designed to work in conjunction with laws that already exist rather than charities or community.
