S4 E: 7 When Poverty Becomes A Crime

Send us Fan Mail Erika gives and update on what is happening on the ground in Phoenix, where extreme heat makes shade and hydration a matter of life and death, and where the gap between need and available shelter beds turns “public order” policies into survival crises. We also unpack how mutual aid gets targeted, why lawsuits matter, and what it means when a city’s response leans on policing instead of housing. We then explore another stated where criminalization of homelessness as a ...