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Three years ago President Barack Obama promised to end homelessness for children and families within a decade. Since making that pledge, the number of families facing homelessness has been rising.

http://is.gd/VIvTSZ



Number of homeless Americans rising

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An economy run by bankers serves the wealthy and disposses the poor.
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Foreclosure Crisis Still Has Millions in Its Grip

Five years after the mortgage meltdown sparked a wave of home foreclosures, millions of Americans are still in housing ''limbo,'' battling to save their homes despite government programs meant to help them.

http://is.gd/pIxEZn



US Home Foreclosure Rates are Comparable to the Great Depression

Given that there are currently around 316 million Americans, more than twice the number during the Great Depression, such high foreclosure rates mean that there may well be as many people suffering foreclosure than during the Great Depression or more...

http://is.gd/f5rkUM



Lenders seek court actions against homeowners years after foreclosure

Lenders are filing new motions in old foreclosure lawsuits and hiring debt collectors to pursue leftover debt, plus court fees, attorneys' fees and tens of thousands in interest that had been accruing for years.

http://is.gd/OcVdmn



The Executive Branch of the U.S. Government

By Fred Branfman

Executive Branch leaders have killed, wounded and made homeless well over 20 million human beings in the last 50 years, mostly civilians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35432.htm



Snowden and Latin America Expose Washington s Impotence in a Changing World

By Finian Cunningham

US political and economic power is no longer what it once was. The country is undergoing a historic social meltdown that betrays the moribund state of capitalism in the 21st century.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35627.htm



Being homeless soon a crime in Miami?

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City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is considering making being homeless illegal, and sleeping on a park bench, eating on sidewalks or congregating in public spaces could land you behind bars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBaX-ozbYuI



Myrtle Beach judge rules citizens can t feed homeless in public park

Hopkins said, as a Quaker, he felt compelled to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, who taught his disciples to help those less fortunate.

http://bit.ly/14hdVY2



Homeless shelters overflowing in small Wisconsin city

Kelly Christianson, executive director of Beacon House, which houses homeless families in the downtown area, confirmed to this reporter that they are compelled routinely to turn away five to twenty families nightly.

http://is.gd/MhWaIT


From Information Clearing House

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Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Mortgages in the Era of Mass Terror

Laura Gottesdiener, Counterpunch: Almost no one openly discusses the ongoing foreclosure crisis in terms of domestic terrorism. But that s exactly what it is, and we must recognize this if we want to prevent banks from causing more damage.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16315-economic-weapons-of-mass-destruction-mortgages-in-the-era-of-mass-terror



OccupyHomes Rallies Around Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

Claire Glass, Truthout: OccupyHomes Minneapolis is winning ''small victories'' by organizing around people who are losing their homes since the recession, but more importantly they are changing the dialogue and the power dynamic between homeowners and big banks.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17579-occupyhomes-rallies-around-citizens-facing-foreclosure

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Foreclosed Homeowners 'Move In' to the Dept. of Justice
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/20-6

Police Use Tasers Against Foreclosure Activists Outside Dept. of Justice
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/21-1

Cops Taser and Kill Teenage Graffiti Artist
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/08-3

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We Are Going Into the Greatest Depression
http://lewrockwell.com/hunter-greg/hunter-greg29.1.html



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