Homeless Youth

The book "Struggling in the Land of Plenty" analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival. Based on a four-year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children.

U.S. Senators from Maine and Vermont say they have reintroduced a bill designed to combat youth homelessness and provide help for young victims of…