By Phuong Le Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — As homeless deaths mounted last fall in Seattle, elected officials declared an emergency, resorting to a tool often reserved for natural disasters to confront the burgeoning population of people living on the streets. The mayor opened a new city-sanctioned homeless encampment and committed millions more dollars to […]
EDITORIAL: Thank you, Seattle!
Here is a short list of organizations we are grateful for. The list is actually <!–more–>much longer, but these are two groups we are particularly thankful for this holiday. First, thank you… Real Change. You have most likely seen a Real Change vendor on a popular block in your neighborhood, waving the newspaper and sporting […]