Ruth Talbot

2 months ago | gijn.org | Asia Fields |with Maya Miller |Nicole Santa Cruz |Ruth Talbot

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. It is reprinted here with permission and thanks to Creative Commons license. You can read the original reporting series this story is based on here. It’s not hard to find people who want to talk about cities dismantling homeless encampments and throwing away their belongings. In our reporting over the past year, we found that almost everyone we talked to who lived outside had been through a sweep.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Asia Fields |Maya Miller |Nicole Santa Cruz |Ruth Talbot

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. It’s not hard to find people who want to talk about cities dismantling homeless encampments and throwing away their belongings. In our reporting over the past year, we found that almost everyone we talked to who lived outside had been through a sweep.

Dec 29, 2024 | bigissue.com | Ruth Talbot

Single parent stigma and discrimination are age-old problems that are still fuelling poverty today, writes Ruth Talbot, who runs the campaign group Single Parent Rights by: Ruth Talbot As 2024 draws to a close, research shows that the year will be topping the league tables for all the wrong reasons as poverty rates reach record highs. As with all inequalities though, the burden isn’t equally shared. And single parents are facing poverty at disproportionate rates.

Dec 27, 2024 | projects.propublica.org | Asia Fields |Nicole Santa Cruz |Ruth Talbot |Maya Miller

A record number of Americans are living outside. Cities have responded by removing encampments from public spaces, a practice commonly referred to as “sweeps.” In the process, workers often take people’s belongings — including important documents, survival gear and irreplaceable mementos. Over and over, people across the country told ProPublica they were devastated by such losses. We gave them notecards so they could explain in their own words how the sweeps have affected them.

Dec 10, 2024 | savethechildren.org.uk | Ruth Talbot

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