The Last Invention
Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual
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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. You can hear the full series right now when you become a Longview subscriber by visiting us here 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 produc