In Japan, where cultural norms and social structures emphasize order and discretion, homelessness is less visible yet deeply entrenched. As of January 2024, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare ...

EACH YEAR for a few frigid days in January volunteers fan out across cities, towns and rural areas to try to count every homeless person in America. The method is imperfect: cities do their counting ...

As America stands at a crossroads – reassessing how we manage public services, strengthen our borders and privatize select government functions – one often-overlooked factor carries significant ...

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“The only thing worse than being homeless in America is not being considered homeless in America,” says Brian Goldstone, a journalist and ethnographer. America’s homelessness crisis extends far beyond ...

Mr. Goldstone is the author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” forthcoming. At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still ...

At 10 p.m., a hospital technician pulls into a Walmart parking lot. Her four kids — one still nursing — are packed into the back of her Toyota. She tells them it’s an adventure, but she’s terrified ...