by Jake Johnson | Nov 15, 2025 | addiction, Disability, Homeless, Homelessness, HUD, mental illness, News, Trump Administration, unhoused
Democratic lawmakers and advocates are voicing grave warnings after the Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its plan to slash funding for long-term housing programs, cuts that could leave nearly 200,000 people at risk of becoming homeless. The New York Times reported that the administration’s new proposal for Continuum of Care (CoC) funding “shifts billions to short-term programs that…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 25, 2025 | Bail Reform, cash bail, Criminalization, Homelessness, Interview, mental illness, Plea Bargain, plea bargaining, plea bargains, Prisons
The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys on the poor and mentally ill. We’re joined by three contributors to the film, musician Stew Stewart and bail reform advocates Krish Gundu and Alec Karakatsanis, to discuss how what Karakatsanis calls the “unconstitutional” system of cash bail leads to “millions of coerced…
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