Although the big game is more than a week away, streets surrounding the brand new US Bank Stadium are closed, forcing those who live and work downtown to find alternative routes. That adds extra drive time for everyone, but the road closure makes it especially difficult for patients to reach Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), the biggest hospital in Minnesota — and the one that sees the most uninsured and patients in poverty. Meanwhile, HCMC is already expecting a 10 percent increase in visits in the week leading up to and including the massive event.
Activists are pushing for a “right to rest” law in Colorado that would prevent the criminalization of homelessness.
Many of the people evicted from Calais’ “Jungle camp” are now sleeping in intersections around central Paris.
Fear of homelessness helps capitalism maintain its power.