Social Issues

The homeless crisis in the UK continues to grow with shocking new government figures showing that homelessness has rocketed in England since 2010. Data analyzed by homelessness charity Shelter show that 56,600 people accepted as homeless by councils in 2015 was 33% higher than in 2010. RT reports: The charity says that people losing their privately-rented homes is the single biggest cause of the crisis. Last year alone, around 17,000 families reportedly became homeless after being evicted from privately-rented homes.

Submitted by Oscar Webb via MiddleEastEye.net,

Beko stood outside the Moria centre, trying to make sense of where to go next after a controversial plan to send migrants and refugees from Europe back to their countries came into effect earlier this week.

The 28-year-old from Baghdad, his Syrian wife and their two-month-old son are among hundreds of people who have arrived on dinghys and boats to Greece in recent days, after a deadline for the new EU-Turkey deal passed at midnight on Sunday.

Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,

A common misconception in America today is that our nation is evenly divided between conservatives and liberals in an absolute sense. This is not necessarily true.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Luke Iseman has figured out how to afford the San Francisco Bay area. He lives in a shipping container.

 

Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine have found a potential cure for patients infected with HIV.  Scientists at the Temple University school published a study in the Nature journal earlier this month showing that they can now effectively completely remove the virus from the DNA of human cells. Medicalxpress.com reports: According to senior investigator on the new study, Kamel Khalili, PhD, Laura H.