Homelessness remains on the rise in the U.S. In fact, it has been on the rise since 2017, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. While signs of an increase are most present in major ...

The federal government's annual "point-in-time" homelessness count is used by city and county governments across the country ...

Hyper-pure methamphetamine is a major driver of mental illness in Los Angeles and many other parts of the country.

A person sleeps on the sidewalk on the first day of a statute that took effect, making it illegal in Florida to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, on beaches or in other public spaces — one of the ...

A candidate for California’s State Assembly is taking an unconventional approach to highlighting the homelessness crisis plaguing the coastal region by giving an unfiltered point of view during his ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston made reducing unsheltered homelessness a pillar of his campaign and his administration. Over two years, the unsheltered count went down 45 percent. Moving forward, the next ...

We say we don’t want to see it, but we also can’t seem to get enough. Visible homelessness, like a car wreck, both horrifies and transfixes us. Or many of us. We hate to witness the “squalor” of ...

The Amarillo Continuum of Care, along with the City of Amarillo, has released the 2026 results from the Point-in-Time Count ...