People & Power - Homeless Hero - 03 Feb 08 - Pt 1

Homeless Hero is the story of Cheri Honkala's rise from homelessness and single motherhood to leadership of a growing popular movement in the USA; A report on the opposition to a new power plant on the American Navajo reserve.

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News & Politics

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• People
• and
• Power
• Al
• Jazeera
• Samah
• El
• Shahat
• Cheri
• Honkala
• homelessness
• Navajo
• Desert
• Rock

[cat2002k]

3.5 million homeless ...america is a vary sad country..

[takeresponsability]

lol my friend told me when I saw the US news reports in my country they don't show the poverty of the country, they don't show homeless ppl

and a lot of ppl think that US is the best country in the world, rethink again?

[alownlion]

and we give tax cuts to the richist of the rich while thos in power rape small kids on the side streets

[animebeerandcake]

@cat2002k nothing compared to other countries.

[egorka2201]

@cat2002k 500 000 children live on the street of this so called rich country ... this country has nothing to teach the other world untill they deal with the issue of their homeless children!!!

[r2d2rx]

Most americans live in a fake world created by the media and their own egoistic minds.

[timeactor]

@takeresponsability the got homeless everywhere. I lived in Europe too and they've got plenty of homeless as well

[hopefulfuture34]

You can work and still be homeless in my area to get into even low income housing you must make $1200/month. I make $1000/month and I know of others who live on less. I had to have a co-leaser to get into my apartment. One rent increase for me would put me on the streets. I have almost faced homelessness. I signed a 15 month lease so I would not to have to worry about housing for a while. I am now down to 5 more months on my lease. If something does not change where will I be?

[mando267]

Fucking pigs, next riot I'm joining

[louis12346]

Maybe another Wall Street Trillion $ Bank Bail Out they need it worse than these people, trickle down, . charge these people Global Carbon Tax Fine them $25,000 for not having Harry Reid Health Insurance Plan. hope & change?

[crossbow121]

That is so true about hiding away , the police fine and arrest us and Im speaking about Amsterdam and the whole of the Netherlands . Some of us hide and in winter die in the forest or wherever we hide and the bodies are found months later. Its a disgrace to the human race. I also am also homeless . I have no vices but still get rejected for jobs. Its a massive drain on me physically and psychologically.