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UN report slams US for criminalizing poverty as destitution grows -  UN report slams US for criminalizing poverty as destitution grows ... The report concludes that the persistence of extreme poverty in the US is a political ... windfalls” for the super rich and big corporations, has accelerated inequality .

Criminalizing Poverty : So once again, both in Miami and throughout the country, there are efforts to pass local ordinances that would make the innocent everyday actions of individuals experiencing homelessness criminal. These proposals sound awfully similar to considering ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

Hungary: Revoke Law Criminalizing Homeless : Article 34 of the European Union charter on fundamental rights provides also that in order to combat social exclusion and poverty, the EU recognises and respects the right to social and housing assistance. Inaddition, in June 2010, the EU adopted a new ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

Throw Them Out With the Trash: Why Homelessness Is Becoming ... : A report entitled “Criminalizing Crisis,” to be released later this month by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, recounts the following story ...