What Made Anderson Cooper Have A Huge Change Of Perspective About Homeless People?

During the filming of a story about chronic homelessness (link below), Anderson Cooper met a lot of people who live on the street. He got to know many of them on a personal level, which made him aware that he didn’t even acknowledge a homeless person in his own neighborhood. I certainly am more aware…

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Feb 13, 2014

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