When real journalists get together and talk, it's truly inspiring. Thank you both for your work, and for caring for the disenfranchised, the financially insecure, and the homeless.
A couple highlights for me:
"You’re essentially holding up a mirror to society, filtering it through your own experience, and then putting it back out to people based on what you think is important. That, to me, is journalism."
What a wonderful definition of journalism.
"And when I speak to people like the new Housing Secretary, Deborah Gardard, I do not see an awareness in her eyes that she sees this as a problem. I do not see an awareness in the eyes of the Governor that he gives one shit about this problem other than the political implications of it that hurt him."
Agree 100%. It does seem more Rhode-Islanders care about the cost of housing and homelessness (it's been nice to see Channel 12 highlighting these issues more too) hopefully more politicians will see the light. Hopefully.
I want to give you a big hug. Thank you for what you do to bring RI news to me with your stack. Your work reporting about homelessness is powerful. The way you described the woman who finally had everything taken away from her was heartbreaking. 💔
I remember the article about the lady and the picture of her son. I believe I had seen it in Projo. I have 2 sons so I could imagine how she felt. Heartbreaking in every way. How anyone could do this to those who have next to nothing.....
I just finished Steve and Bill's discussion. Thanks for keeping my gray matter moving. There is too much, nationally and locally, to absorb. Trump has violated the 14th Amendment with his EO on Birthright Citizenship. His redefining the name doesn't make it so. He thinks he has the authority but the Constitution (which he knows nothing about) is a guardrail against people like him.
After the discussion, I went back to the 14th Amendment and 'asked' - Is there anything about the homeless in the 14th? I'm not a lawyer - I'm a high school graduate. There is so much online about issues of illegals and homelessness. What one Amendment covers then blends into another. I came across Liberty University Law Review (Jan. 2011) and the article "Criminals by Necessity: The American Homeless in the Twenty-first Century" by Lisa Kline. It's a long read with historical background. Homelessness isn't a new problem and goes back thousands of years.
There have been many court cases based on the 8th, 14th, and 4th Amendments.
These Amendments could be applied to both the homeless and the so-called 'illegals' ( a term I dislike). Defining illegals is a stretch. Most of us are descendants of people who came here before immigration had laws or laws with any teeth. Boiling it down to exactly who is illegal and why would be tough.
In either case, "All men are created equal, with certain unalienable rights...Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness'' applies to everyone. The author isn't arguing about any special benefit rights.
What she addresses are statements within these Amendments. It's too lengthy for me to read. I scrolled thru and in Section IV - A Constitutional Analysis of the Right to be Homeless, she sums up the violations and why some of the laws are invalid.
Since the Constitutionwas written, there have been laws and rules added, discarded, twisted and turned. We are nearly 250 years into this 'experiment' but nobody has sat down, weeded through decades of additions, discarded them and put only the last relevant law/rule to each amendment. Until that's done, lawyers and judges will pick and choose which part they will try a case on, old or not.
Justice isn't blind but it is confused.
Criminals by Necessity: The American Homeless in the Twenty-First Century
When real journalists get together and talk, it's truly inspiring. Thank you both for your work, and for caring for the disenfranchised, the financially insecure, and the homeless.
A couple highlights for me:
"You’re essentially holding up a mirror to society, filtering it through your own experience, and then putting it back out to people based on what you think is important. That, to me, is journalism."
What a wonderful definition of journalism.
"And when I speak to people like the new Housing Secretary, Deborah Gardard, I do not see an awareness in her eyes that she sees this as a problem. I do not see an awareness in the eyes of the Governor that he gives one shit about this problem other than the political implications of it that hurt him."
Agree 100%. It does seem more Rhode-Islanders care about the cost of housing and homelessness (it's been nice to see Channel 12 highlighting these issues more too) hopefully more politicians will see the light. Hopefully.
I want to give you a big hug. Thank you for what you do to bring RI news to me with your stack. Your work reporting about homelessness is powerful. The way you described the woman who finally had everything taken away from her was heartbreaking. 💔
I remember the article about the lady and the picture of her son. I believe I had seen it in Projo. I have 2 sons so I could imagine how she felt. Heartbreaking in every way. How anyone could do this to those who have next to nothing.....
I just finished Steve and Bill's discussion. Thanks for keeping my gray matter moving. There is too much, nationally and locally, to absorb. Trump has violated the 14th Amendment with his EO on Birthright Citizenship. His redefining the name doesn't make it so. He thinks he has the authority but the Constitution (which he knows nothing about) is a guardrail against people like him.
After the discussion, I went back to the 14th Amendment and 'asked' - Is there anything about the homeless in the 14th? I'm not a lawyer - I'm a high school graduate. There is so much online about issues of illegals and homelessness. What one Amendment covers then blends into another. I came across Liberty University Law Review (Jan. 2011) and the article "Criminals by Necessity: The American Homeless in the Twenty-first Century" by Lisa Kline. It's a long read with historical background. Homelessness isn't a new problem and goes back thousands of years.
There have been many court cases based on the 8th, 14th, and 4th Amendments.
These Amendments could be applied to both the homeless and the so-called 'illegals' ( a term I dislike). Defining illegals is a stretch. Most of us are descendants of people who came here before immigration had laws or laws with any teeth. Boiling it down to exactly who is illegal and why would be tough.
In either case, "All men are created equal, with certain unalienable rights...Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness'' applies to everyone. The author isn't arguing about any special benefit rights.
What she addresses are statements within these Amendments. It's too lengthy for me to read. I scrolled thru and in Section IV - A Constitutional Analysis of the Right to be Homeless, she sums up the violations and why some of the laws are invalid.
Since the Constitutionwas written, there have been laws and rules added, discarded, twisted and turned. We are nearly 250 years into this 'experiment' but nobody has sat down, weeded through decades of additions, discarded them and put only the last relevant law/rule to each amendment. Until that's done, lawyers and judges will pick and choose which part they will try a case on, old or not.
Justice isn't blind but it is confused.
Criminals by Necessity: The American Homeless in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Lisa M. Kline
Publication: Liberty University Law Review (2015)
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