homeless man
Homeless camper and a self-appointed "sanitation technician" for his homeless community
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Tim Buckley
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FROM Tim Buckley
Which Way, L.A.?
UN Says Sacramento Violating Human Rights of Homeless Mayor Kevin Johnson has been warned by the United Nations that Sacramento may be violating the Declaration of Human Rights . An investigator who visited last year found that the city was evicting homeless people from "tent cities" and denying them access to safe drinking water and sanitation. We speak with a man who's taken it upon himself to haul human waste away from a tent city in plastic bags, so residents — especially women — can relieve themselves with a modicum of dignity. We also hear from a homeless advocate and from one of the organizers of the UN inspection.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.