Glitter Above, Despair Below: America’s War on the Homeless

Beneath the shimmering neon skyline of the Las Vegas Strip—a symbol of America’s obsession with wealth, spectacle, and indulgence—thousands of people live in silence and shadow, hidden in abandoned flood tunnels. NBC recently reported about the homeless living in abandoned drain tunnels under the Las Vegas Strip. The report focuses on an invisible underworld: long-term homeless citizens surviving in pitch-black corridors beneath luxury casinos and five-star hotels. It’s a devastating symbol of this country’s moral chasm.