“My mother was full of compassion for the people,” said her ... She was a workhorse for the poor,” said Bill Southrey, director of the Atlantic City Rescue Mission. “You look at her ...

That’s well above the national rate. When an emergency shelter at the Atlantic City Convention Center closed over the weekend, 100 people were still there and had to be moved to hotels ...

Poor people suffer more from hurricanes that swamp ... is gone and they’re destitute on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, they really have suffered a lot more from global warming than somebody ...

Kenneth Mitchem, who was brought on last year as Atlantic City’s director of social services to help tackle the homeless problem, said he was astounded by the ingenuity of the people he met ...

In Woodbridge, about 100 miles north of Atlantic City, in recent years the state has bought and torn down more than 150 homes to remove people and property from the danger of future floods.