Homelessness, Poverty http://www.akgmag.com/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:00:06 -0500 By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With Haiti having the highest tuberculosis rate in the American countries, the devastated country's TB levels are now getting ready to drastically increase. With prior heavy numbers in Haiti before the disaster, fly-infested tuberculosis clinics were damaged during the heavy damage of the earthquakes which allowed for several hundred escaping TB patients. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spread_of_Haitian_TB.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spread_of_Haitian_TB.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Free Content Article regarding Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking http://www.akgmag.com/article/Stolen_Identity.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Stolen_Identity.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. At this time, there are over 177 tent cities in the United States with a developing expansion rate estimated at 40%. Unfortunately, homeless "sweeps" are being prepared by local governments in areas such as Nashville and Savannah, destroying temporary shelters by the hundreds of homeless people who have lost everything else—with a final straw the act of losing their "homeless home". http://www.akgmag.com/article/Tent_Cities_of_the_2009_Recession.htm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Tent_Cities_of_the_2009_Recession.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With today's homelessness rates increasing due to the developing recession and new counts being taken; maybe we should look back to the Great Depression when homelessness was a way of life to many. The term "homelessness" refers to a specific condition where people lack housing due to lack of finances for one reason or another. Those who find housing in a temporary shelter or any temporary institution are also considered homeless. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Great_Depression_of_Today.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Great_Depression_of_Today.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. During the Great Depression, the largest Hooverville towns were in New York's Central Park with other famous one in Cleveland and Circleville, Ohio. Today, major cities like Fesno, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Tampa Bay, Florida; Seattle, WA; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; and the state of Washington. Huge numbers of homeless people find themselves in a situation where they have no shelter, no jobs, no food, no medical assistance, and very little support from city or government officials. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Facts_about_Poverty_and_Homelessness.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Facts_about_Poverty_and_Homelessness.htm