How we did it: Data on domestic violence and housing
The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s ...
Domestic violence pushes women to life on the streets, survey shows
Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing ...
Portland nonprofit expands anti-violence work to help homeless people
The program from Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center will work to help connect people experiencing homelessness ...
Women on the brink of homelessness left alone to face abusers, investigation shows
Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...
Homeless transgender women in Pacific Northwest face greater risk of violence
Most women who have experienced homelessness report experiencing violence from strangers. Transgender women find they face ...
19-year-old man arrested in fatal shooting in Old Town, Portland police say
A 19-year-old man was arrested last week in a September homicide in Old Town, Portland police said Thursday. Malachai Martin ...
Special report: Homeless women face violence and housing
The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s ...
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Patrisha McLean: Call domestic violence strangulation by its real name
With domestic violence, strangulation is the highest predictor ... found dead two years ago in Portland. The man charged with her murder, 47-year-old Frederic Johnson, was just released from ...
Domestic violence survivors protest Sanford representative facing ethics probe
A day after the Maine House of Representatives approved an ethics probe into the domestic violence allegations against ...