To clear universities of student protesters, administrators and police borrowed from a ready-made political playbook: sweeping the homeless.

As Grants Pass, Oregon—and the nation—await a Supreme Court ruling on just how far cities can police the homeless, a volunteer mayor and her unhoused constituents try to weather the backlash.

In oral arguments, the justices seemed highly reluctant to entangle themselves in a matter that many believe subject the neediest Americans to cruel and unusual punishment.

In an unusual move, the Justice Department is pushing to participate in upcoming oral arguments in the hopes of influencing the high court to pick a less cruel fate for the most vulnerable Americans.

As the high court deliberates, policymakers are preparing for the possibility that they might solve a problem they created in the most punitive way.

What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

The disgraced Los Angeles councilman says he wants to address homelessness. Advocates say he’s hurting any real progress.

With the city at a political crossroads and the unhoused foremost on the minds of voters, Measure ULA could be a game changer—if it passes.

Unhoused Angelenos have become a political football just as pandemic-era programs that offered effective interventions are set to expire.

Affluent Southern Californians are funding a massive effort to criminalize the unhoused and defeat their few remaining political allies.