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In an eerie, “zombie-like” incident last September, a homeless woman in Seattle attacked another woman, biting a chunk out of her forehead. The homeless woman lives in Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) apartments, a homeless service provider that follows the Housing First model, providing housing without any requirements for treatment or sobriety. In this investigation, Senior Fellow and journalist Read More ›

Wesley J. Smith appeared on the Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast to discuss the threat to human exceptionalism and dignity posed by assisted suicide and the nature rights movement. Smith speaks about how he became involved in advocating against assisted suicide in the 1990s and how his work has expanded to include bioethics. The conversation also includes topics such as Read More ›

The official U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development homelessness count is 746,000 people. But the real number is closer to 1.5 million. Why the discrepancy? Because for over a decade, HUD has been employing clever gimmicks that exclude hundreds of thousands of people experiencing homelessness from their numbers. Now, HUD is changing course with meaningful reforms. Senior Fellow Michele Read More ›

In January, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham participated in the important School Choice Roundtable at the White House during National School Choice Week. That event marked one of many in which the White House has recognized Ingraham’s significant contributions toward advancing education freedom. Following the event, the White House released a Read More ›