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Lack of the Safety Net: Homelessness and America’s Tent Cities

The ripple effect of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and a chronically sluggish economy have changed the face of poverty in America. Sections of the population who never previously utilized the “safety net” have experienced long periods of under, or unemployment and struggled to get by. According to recent Census data, 47 million Americans now […]

Revisiting the Living Without Doorknobs Project

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A Walking Tour of Tel Aviv’s Tent City Protests

Conflict & Justice
The World

Eco-Tents

The World

Eco-Tents

Host Steve Curwood visits an eco-tourism resort in the Caribbean where visitors stay in tents, use solar power, composting toilets, and have unique ways of dealing with garbage; like feeding it to crabs. From St. Johns in the U.S. Virgin Islands at Concordia Eco Tents, Steve has this report.

The World

Earthquake survivors

Environment

The World Mary Kay Magistad visits a stadium in Mianyang, China, where 30-thousand earthquake survivors have sought shelter; counseling is available, but few of the survivors have sought it.

The World

Earthquake rescue efforts

Environment

Troops and rescue workers in southwestern China are struggling to reach areas devastated by a powerful earthquake yesterday; Anchor Lisa Mullins gets an update from The BBC’s Michael Bristow in Sichuan province.