Ward, Chip. “America Gone Wrong: A Slashed Safety Net Turns Libraries into Homeless Shelters.” AlterNet. 2 Apr 2007. <http://alternet.org/story/50023/>.

Ward, who worked for the Salt Lake City Public Library, addresses the issues surrounding the homeless and their place in society. Libraries often become shelters for the homeless during the day time when social workers, shelters, or hospitals cannot help them. Library schools often neglect to address this subject. The author addresses the issues of alcoholism and mental illness and their effect on the homeless. Librarians in large, urban areas often become responsible for dealing with the chronically homeless and many, sometimes even social workers, do no recognize this. Ward tells the reader about 2 homeless people in particular, one who is an alcoholic and another who may be schizophrenic. He criticizes a society in which people who are sick are expected to fend for themselves and are criminalized when they are unable.