Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual
· 38 min
Episode Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual
Homelessness today looks very different than it did in the 1980s, when American cities first woke up to this crisis. Today, we explore the legal battles that turned survival outside into a constitutional question.
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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Estela Lopez, Kevin Cope
LINKS:
Estela Lopez’s organization
Los Angeles magazine article that features Lopez
Jones v. City of Los Angeles settlement
Martin v. City of Boise initial opinion
Martin v. City of Boise amended opinion
NPR story that quotes Pam Hawkes and her lawyer
Kevin Cope of the University of Virginia School of Law
Kevin Cope’s paper
Skid Row 2016 survey on violence against women
For this series we also read, and recommend, the following books: Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problem by Stephen Eide, Reckoning with Homelessness by Kim Hopper, The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson, and Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History by Kenneth L. Kusmer.
CREDITS:
This story was reported by Emma Pettit and produced by Andy Mills, Ethan Mannello, Matthew Boll, and Simon Adler. It was mixed by Emma Munger.
Music for this episode was composed by Cobey Bienert and Simon Adler.
Artwork for this episode is by Jacob Boll.
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Links in the notes 17
- https://longview.supercast.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TovW0mf0Pek
- https://industrialdistrictla.com/
- https://lamag.com/dining/the-new-brand-of-meth-fueling-l-a-s-homelessness-crisis/
- https://www.scribd.com/document/323296674/Jones-Settlement-Agreement
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/15-35845/15-35845-2018-09-04.html
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/15-35845/15-35845-2019-04-01.html
- https://www.npr.org/2019/12/13/787735912/the-legal-battle-over-homeless-camping
- https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/kc9fz/2381999
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4718929
- https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/news/new-data-reveals-crisis-for-homeless-women-living-skid-row
- https://manhattan.institute/book/homelessness-in-america
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801488346
- https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67300/67300-h/67300-h.htm
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/down-and-out-on-the-road-9780195160963
- https://www.jacobboll.com/
- https://megaphone.fm/adchoices
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