<![CDATA[Foreclosure of the American Conscience: 109,000 Homeless on New York Streets]]>

1.0 link 205158 <![CDATA[Foreclosure of the American Conscience: 109,000 Homeless on New York Streets]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/foreclosure-of-the-americ_b_205158.html "From a distance, we all have enough
And no one is in need
There are no guns, no bombs, and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed"

"From a Distance," Julie Gold

On any given night in New York City, an estimated 36,000 American children and adults will sleep in homeless shelters. Untold others sleep in the streets and parks and darkest corners of the American dream. In 2008, while bankrupt Wall Street firms handed out $18.4 billion in...

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