Early Reaction to “Homelessness and the Indignity of Hurtful Speech”

For the record, I would like to mention that the title of the third installment of my New Homeless series was provided by my editor, Tom Gorman, and was never even run by me — not that it’s a bad title but it’s not mine. I was very happy to note this evening that the [...]

Witness L.A. Pays Witness Again

A few days ago I updated my friend Celeste Fremon on the latest and she, in kind, updated the rest of the L.A. community who frequent her well-worth-reading web presence. Celeste is a damn fine journalist, scholar, and journalism instructor and is a recognized, passionate advocate for social justice, so her interest in my story should come as no surprise [...]

Catching Up …

At the New York-based website, The Awl, their reportage on our drama (“Why is American Selfishness So Widepsread Now?”) currently has 126 comments; one of my favorites is from Clio, who writes: Honestly I think it’s like all the other blame-the-victim stuff: It’s a distancing tactic based on fear. I’m not saying “Oh, no, these [...]

“The New Homeless” Updates

This afternoon, with Katie Euphrat, video journalist for the Las Vegas Sun, in tow we paid for the first week’s rent on our Extended Stay hotel in Las Vegas; essentially it’s a studio apartment with fridge, microwave, stove, basic cable, wireless internet for five bucks a week. It will do for now. It must do [...]

Celeste Fremon at Witness L.A. Covers the Story

I sent Celeste an e-mail and a link to the LV Sun article early this morning: Rodger Jacobs, a wonderfully erudite, warm and funny California writer, author and documentary producer is teetering on the edge of homelessness and is frightened of what life will hold if he falls off that edge—a possibility that, at the [...]