shelters
Following Outcry, the Red Cross Is Shifting Its Priorities in Haiti
The Red Cross says it is adopting a better approach to help Haitians recover from the 2010 earthquake — but past mistakes might plague its future.
This is How New York’s Record-Breaking Homeless Population Celebrates Thanksgiving
Gotham now lays claim to Great Depression levels of homelessness, with nearly 60,000 humans sleeping in shelters, on the street, or underground. Can a new mayor change the game?
Most of the People Killed by San Francisco Cops Are Mentally Ill
For years, the city has failed to look after its mentally ill population, and too often this results in cops having to deal with situations they don't have training in.
‘We Had Everything but Freedom’: Inside Mexico's Shelter of Horrors
Some 450 children, and six infants, lived in squalid conditions at La Gran Familia, a group shelter now under investigation in Michoacán.
What’s the Best Way to Kill a Puppy?
Even if you accept the premise that kill shelters are a necessary evil and that ownerless dogs should be put down so they don't live aimless lives as nonpets, wouldn't you agree that puppy gas chambers are a crime against civilized sensibility and a...