Crossposted on Newsbusters.
TAVIS SMILEY: There was a time that I recall where the issue of homelessness was at least being discussed in our society. There was this moment, I think that the moments kind of ebb and
flow, but how did the issue of homelessness fall off of the radar for discussion?
SUSAN SARANDON: I think that the conversation changed around the Reagan era where everything was your fault. And so you blamed, you were blamed for not trying hard enough, you know, from drinking, for drugs, whatever. Just like in the AIDS epidemic the focus went on your lifestyle as opposed to what was actually happening.
-PBS's Tavis Smiley, May 13, 2015.