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How many times have you heard successful people talking about the obstacles they overcame, the discouraging chapters they endured, the “rock bottom” from which they rose up? Maybe you see your own life in similar terms. It’s a particular narrative that ends with success, and anyone who has lived it would tend to think other people’s lives can, with work, conform to this arc. We need to get away from that assumption. Some people’s lives aren’t on an upward trajectory and may never be, and those people also deserve respect…

A Los Angeles police officer who was caught on video repeatedly punching a homeless man in Boyle Heights two years ago pleaded no contest to assault Thursday, authorities said.Frank Hernandez, 51, will not serve time in prison for the crime. He was sentenced to two years of probation, 80 hours of community service and a year of anger management classes under the terms of a plea agreement announced during a hearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.Officers were responding to a trespassing call on Houston Street in…

Aquaman star Jason Momoa has finally addressed the rumours about being “homeless” following his divorce from ex-wife Lisa Bonet. The 44-year-old actor stirred the internet last week after saying he doesn't “even have a home right now.” However, Momoa cleared the air as he told People, “I’m just houseless. I’m not homeless.” Jason Momoa shuts down rumours about being 'homeless'(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Jason Momoa reveals he's not actually ‘homeless’The Game of Thrones star explained about his nomad…

If there’s anything to know about Jason Momoa, it’s that the actor has no problem getting candid about himself at times. The Hollywood star doesn’t divulge every part of his personal life, though he does open up about certain topics from time to time. Momoa actually made waves this past week when he spoke about his current living situation. While discussing it, the Aquaman alum said that at this point, he doesn’t have a home. Now, he’s walking back those statements a bit, asking that fans take a step back and…

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to weigh in on whether homeless individuals have the right to camp on public property. The issue is the biggest SCOTUS case in decades on the rights of the homeless, and the decision has the potential to impact how cities across the U.S. handle the homelessness crisis. Grants Pass, located in southwestern Oregon with a population of nearly 40,000, requested that the high court review a lower court decision that ruled it unconstitutional to punish homeless residents for camping on…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether homeless people have a constitutional right to camp on public property when they have no other place to sleep. Acting on appeals from city officials in California and the West, the court will review decisions of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held it was cruel and unusual punishment for cities to deny homeless people a place to sleep.As a result of the 9th Circuit rulings, public officials in California and the eight other Western states under…

On any given night, there are about 500,000-600,000 homeless individuals in the United States. Sadly, Redditor ExtracheesyBroccoli is one of them, and even though the man is actively trying to better his life, some folks are making it even worse for him.In a recent post on the subreddit ‘Entitled People,’ the man shared his daily routine as well as a wholesome encounter with a little girl, cut short by her mother, who chose to sidestep a challenging conversation with her child and insult him instead.Public libraries…

Shortly before close one night in mid-November, Kim Danner, manager of Gerard’s Pool Hall in RiNo, stepped outside the business to make a call. She didn’t see anyone when she looked around. But within a minute, Danner said, a man approached her as she sat on a ledge. “I could tell pretty quickly he was mentally ill, but that’s a super common occurrence, so I didn’t run away,” Danner told BusinessDen. “I just figured I wouldn’t interact with him.” The man, Danner said, crouched down in front of her — “his face was about an…

If 100 homeless people were given $750 per month for a year, no questions asked, what would they spend it on?That question was at the core of a controlled study conducted by a San Francisco-based nonprofit and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.The results were so promising that the researchers decided to publish results after only six months. The answer: food, 36.6%; housing, 19.5%; transportation, 12.7%; clothing, 11.5%; and healthcare, 6.2%, leaving only 13.6% uncategorized. Those who got the stipend…

WASHINGTON —  Blocks from the White House, McPherson Square is a quiet, grassy downtown park where Washingtonians lunch and pigeons perch atop a statue of a Civil War general killed fighting the Confederacy. A year ago, it became the city’s largest homeless encampment, covered by tents and virtually off-limits to pedestrians.D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and the National Park Service have strictly enforced laws against camping on sidewalks and in parks. After posting a two-week notice, police fenced off the area and all…