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Is Fighting For the Rights of Homeless, Enabling Homelessness?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Civil Rights, Third World, Helping the Homeless, Homeless Advocacy, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

When homeless advocates seek to protect the personal rights of people who are homeless, even to the extent of law suits, I typically applaud their efforts. It is very simple: homelessness is not a crime.

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Is It Okay to Give Homeless People Money?

Nadia Gomos | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Homeless, Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Begging, New York Homeless, New York Homeless Families, Supporting Homeless People, Impact News
Nadia Gomos

IF and when I do give to the homeless, I am not their parent or guardian to make that judgement and assume that they are going to use it for something else. And even if they do, so what?

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If Charities Can Beg, Why Not People?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Third World America, Kony 2012, Santa Monica, Kim Kardashian, Utah, Denver, Charity, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

A federal judge recently ruled that hurting people in the State of Utah have the constitutional right to beg on the streets, based on the fact that th...

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Legislating Poverty Away

Emily Harwell | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Tampa-Floridas-Poor-Job-Market, Homelessness, Tampa-Florida, Panhandling, Anti-Panhandling, High School News
Emily Harwell

Instead of fixing Tampa's homelessness and poverty problem effectively, the City Council passed a ban on panhandling, a thinly veiled attempt to hide panhandlers from the public eye.

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Necessary Conversation: Teaching Ed Lee To Swear

Necessary Conversation | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Necessary Conversation, Willie Brown, Ed Lee, Marc Jacobs, Rose Pak, Panhandling, San Francisco Politics, Comedy, Humor and Satire, San Francisco News
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What Marketers Can Learn From Panhandlers

Dorie Clark | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Marketing, Sales, Homelessness, San Francisco, Homeless, Panhandling, Business News
Dorie Clark

As a marketer, walking back to my conference after receiving two distinctly different "asks" in quick succession, I realized that the sales secrets many panhandlers perfect on the streets are also applicable to our work.

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A Homeless Man's Project To Ask A Million People For A Dollar

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: New York Impact, Online-Panhandling, Askamillion, Panhandling, Ny News, Ny Impact, Chris Coon, New York News, New York News

A New York panhandler, often seen around Union Square, is on a unique mission, The Local East Village reports today. Chris Coon, 29, who has two k...

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It's Hard to Find a Good Samaritan

Attiyya Anthony | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Homeless, Subway, Give, Mta, Mayor Bloomberg, New York, Michael Bloomberg, Love, Hunger, Charity, Panhandling, New York News
Attiyya Anthony

By no means are MTA riders obligated to give, but if someone touches your heart, it shouldn't be illegal -- helping someone out should never be illegal.

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Homelessness Myth #20: They Make Millions

Christine Schanes | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Recycling, Christine Schanes, Ssi, Recyclables, Panhandling, General Relief, Ssdi, Myths, Homelessness, Helping the Homeless, Impact News
Christine Schanes

The myth that homeless people make millions or thousands of dollars is a myth of gigantic proportions.

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WATCH: Robots Take To The Streets To Raise Money For Charity

Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Charity Robots, Panhandling, Dundee Science Center, Don-8r, Dona, Gimme, Save the Children, Robots, Robot, Slidepollajax, Smarter Ideas, Impact News

At HuffPost, we've reported on robots engaging in acts of regular life, from playing sports, to going to school to working as journalists. Now we can ...

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Jason Linkins

Florida Senate Mulls Issuing Permits To Panhandlers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Poverty, Permits for Panhandlers, Homelessness, Panhandling, Florida Senate, Homeless, Permits, Florida Legislature, Politics News

As you know, we're very patiently waiting for the Florida legislature to finally pass their long-awaited anti-bestiality law. In the meantime, what a...

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Homeless Man Wins Legal Right To Beg

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Hoffstead, Panhandling, Homelessness, Ny Homelessness, Anti-Panhandling, Ny News, Ny Impact, New York News

An appellate court has upheld a homeless man's right to panhandle. In 2006, Eric Hoffstead was arrested after he asked a New Rochelle cop for change....

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Homeless in Columbia: Day in the Park, Night on the Streets

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Urination, Urban Camping, Laundry, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Loitering, Homeless Families, South Carolina, Salvation Army, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

That's the thing about being homeless: You're living in a legal gray area, often with no permanent address or photo ID, and you can get picked up for any number of activities that constitute your daily life: loitering, panhandling, public urination, sleeping where you ought not.

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Why Would You Want to be Homeless? (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold Coast, The South, Dumpster Diving, Panhandling, Homeless Shelter, Chicago, Race Relations, Race in the South, S.C., Cabrini Green, Urban Poverty, Homelessness, Soup Kitchen, Public Libraries, South Carolina, Richland County Public Library, Day Laborers, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

Here's the idea: On March 7, my roommate and I will head outside in Columbia, S.C. For one week, we will leave behind almost everything except the clothes on our backs. Our purpose? To document the homeless experience in our city firsthand.

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Clarence Ervin Arrested Again: Green Line Panhandler Arrested 180 Times

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CTA Green Line, Cta, Green Line Panhandler, Panhandling, Oak Park Police, Clarence Ervin, Oak Park, Chicago Police, Chicago News

A man who has been arrested almost 180 times -- and whose presence on the CTA's Green Line has instilled fear among riders whom he aggressively panhan...

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Of No Fixed Address: The Panhandler's Playbook

Christopher Devine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago News, Chicago Homeless, Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Oral History, Panhandler, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from my oral history Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Of No Fixed Address: A Real Job

Christopher Devine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Poverty, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Chicago Homeless, Ptsd, Oral History, Streetwise, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from my book Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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