Credit Rick Burchfield

A  U.S. military veteran who becomes homeless is more likely to remain that way longer, and has a greater chance of dying on the streets, than a homeless non-veteran, according to recent...

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The national recession that put millions of Americans out of work and the U.S. unemployment rate at 9 percent has hit one group harder than most—veterans. From 2008 to 2011, veterans...

Credit Corey Butler Jr.

It was a simple request, Sylvia Lippe said. The young woman needed help paying her rent, and with transportation. The woman was a recently discharged military veteran, said Lipp...

Credit Michael Daigle

The details always get lost in the shouting, the facts blown away in the Hatfields-and-McCoys din of loud questions and louder replies. And in a lingering slow economy, the human equ...

Credit Louis C. Hochman

It's been a rough time for the eighth-richest county in the United States. Many middle-class residents have found themselves at the end of their assets, and in need of help feeding t...