Early one morning this year,a stranger dressed in body armor shot at Michael Woolens,in what the New Orleans Police Department described as a racial hate crime. Using the N word, the man said he did not like seeing Woolens and he did not like homeless...
Early one morning this year,a stranger dressed in body armor shot at Michael Woolens,in what the New Orleans Police Department described as a racial hate crime. Using the N word, the man said he did not like seeing Woolens and he did not like homeless...
“I felt so cold. And lonely. And I was so scared,” said Laverne Fleming,as she walked recently past a span of brown cardboard, spread out on a sidewalk in Central City.
Fleming, at age 69, slept in the spot for three winter months.
It had been a...
Ricky Mitchell, 64, was hit by a shotgun blast meant for someone else. He lost the sight in one eye. He is re-learning how to walk, though he will always need a cane to get around.
UNITY outreach worker Jeremy Finnegan found Mr. Ricky sleeping behind...