Community courts offer a choice for the homeless — but do they work?
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Felons are struggling for housing and jobs in Northwest Arkansas
For some, getting released from incarceration means getting to go home to their families. For others, it means a new sentence to homelessness, unemployment and missed opportunities.
Drug evictions create obstacles to housing the homeless
Experts say trouble is brewing in Martinsburg, West Virginia, because of a city law called the “drug house ordinance.”
In many cities, it’s illegal to beg for food or money
It’s illegal to sleep on a park bench. It’s illegal to stand in one place for too long. In hundreds of American cities, it’s a crime to be homeless.
Pushed too far
Twenty-two Division I college football players have died since 2000 from exertion-related illnesses suffered during a workout or practice, according to an analysis by the Howard Center and The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, in collaboration with USA Today. Yet football programs and coaches faced few repercussions from institutions or the NCAA, even when they violated recommended safety precautions that might have prevented death.
CDC says no to clearing encampments during coronavirus outbreak
People living in outdoor homeless encampments should not be evicted during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus unless they can be moved to individual housing units, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended.
Growing Up Behind Bars
The United States was the only country to condemn minors to life in prison with no chance for parole. In recent years, the Supreme Court has ruled this unconstitutional. Yet this investigation, a collaboration between the Howard Center and PBS NewsHour, found that more than 2,000 so-called juvenile lifers remain in prison in what the court says is cruel and unusual punishment.
Supreme Court Decisions
Beginning in 2005, the Court overturned many of the harshest policies aimed at juveniles.
Michigan and Florida Go Different Routes
Both states had large numbers of juveniles sentenced to life without parole. Both have hit speed bumps as they try to respond to the Supreme Court.