Economics

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 12, 2026
Homelessness

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Homelessness and Drug Policy Expert Tom Wolf Joins Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness Initiative

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June 12, 2026
Homelessness

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Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Tom Wolf has joined its Fix Homelessness initiative as a Senior Fellow. A leading advocate for treatment-centered responses to homelessness and addiction, Wolf brings both policy expertise and deeply personal experience to the role. Read More ›

A homeless encampment with multiple tents and scattered belongings is set up on a street under a concrete freeway overpass, highlighting issues of urban poverty

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
June 2, 2026
Economics, Homelessness

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Fix Homelessness Senior Fellow Tom Wolf Quoted in The National News Desk

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June 2, 2026
Economics, Homelessness

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The National News Desk just released an article that quotes Fix Homelessness Senior Fellow Tom Wolf. Wolf is a formerly homeless recovering Heroin and Fentanyl addict from San Francisco who is now an internationally recognized Recovery Advocate. Read More ›

homeless encampment along the wooded banks of the Sacramento River

^{Michele Steeb
June 2, 2026
Homelessness

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Housing First Is a Disaster. I Saw Sacramento’s Homeless Chaos Firsthand

_{Michele Steeb
June 2, 2026
Homelessness

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America's homelessness crisis is routinely framed as a housing crisis. It is not. It is a crisis born from the collapse of accountability at every level of the system. Nowhere are the consequences of that collapse more visible than in California — and especially in its capital city, Sacramento. Read More ›

Civil War cannons with grave stones and trees in the fall

^{Scott S. Powell
May 26, 2026
Economics

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Memorial Day and the Meaning of American Reconciliation

_{Scott S. Powell
May 26, 2026
Economics

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If the last few generations of Americans understood the origin and meaning of Memorial Day, we might have avoided the trauma of division and corruption that saps Americans from living in peace, trust, and joy. Memorial Day was founded on the biblical ideals of forgiveness and reconciliation shortly after America’s most divisive and bloody conflict, the Civil War, which extended from 1861 to 1865. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
May 13, 2026
Homelessness

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Seattle Clears More than 30 Tents Out of Chinatown, Addicts Refusing Services

_{Jonathan Choe
May 13, 2026
Homelessness

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Money. American one hundred dollar bill on the grate of the storm drain.

^{Donald Nielsen
May 12, 2026
Economics

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Seattle’s Transformation Spawns a Long List of Problems

_{Donald Nielsen
May 12, 2026
Economics

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My wife and I returned to Seattle in early 1993 after nearly 23 years on the East Coast. We were delighted to come home. Our fair city was booming, with the qualities we always loved about Seattle still intact. Over the past three decades, however, we have witnessed a steady erosion in the livability of both our city and our state. Today, Seattle bears little resemblance to its former self, and Washington is becoming a less attractive place to live or work. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 7, 2026
Energy

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Ken Peterson Discusses “What Does It Cost?” on The John Curley Show

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May 7, 2026
Energy

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Filmmaker and businessman Ken Peterson appeared on The John Curley Show on Monday, May 4, to discuss the findings of his 2025 documentary, “What Does It Cost?” Peterson explained that the net-zero plans in Washington State and Oregon would cost $1 trillion and that the results on global temperature would be “imperceptible and unmeasurable.” “Nowadays, everybody and their brother is Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
May 5, 2026
Homelessness

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Seattle Public Library Holds Harm Reduction Courses

_{Jonathan Choe
May 5, 2026
Homelessness

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^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 4, 2026
Homelessness

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Mamdani Ignores New York City Homelessness

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 4, 2026
Homelessness

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Despite his campaign promise to end homeless encampment sweeps, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reinstated them. Filmmaker SIX SEVEN KEVIN takes to the streets of New York City, asking business owners, residents, and homeless individuals themselves about how the mayor has been handling the homelessness crisis.

^{Marsha Michaelis
April 29, 2026
Homelessness

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Madison Valley Homeless Shelter Brings Crime and Disorder to Neighborhood

_{Marsha Michaelis
April 29, 2026
Homelessness

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“Madison Valley residents, merchants, and visitors have lost their sense of safety in this community,” said Wendy. “There’s drug-selling and use, people laying or sitting on the sidewalks, overdoses, and a constant stream of people coming and going from the local shelter right into the trees and tent encampments at our public parks.” Read More ›

Simple silhouette of a church building with a cross on top, conveying the essence of Christian worship

^{Michele Steeb
April 17, 2026
Homelessness

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Reintegrating Faith Into the Nation’s Approach to Homelessness

_{Michele Steeb
April 17, 2026
Homelessness

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For more than a century, America’s response to homelessness was rooted in faith. Churches, rescue missions, Catholic Charities, and the Salvation Army fed the hungry, sheltered the vulnerable, and most importantly, walked alongside them toward restoration. They innately understood a fundamental truth: Homelessness is a human transformation challenge requiring recovery, accountability, and the restoration of purpose. Read More ›

^{Kevin Dahlgren
April 14, 2026
Homelessness

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LA’s Skid Row a Painful Monument of “Housing First” Policy

_{Kevin Dahlgren
April 14, 2026
Homelessness

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Skid Row in Los Angeles stands as a stark example of what happens when ideology overrides reality. Spanning roughly fifty blocks, it is one of the most concentrated homeless zones in the United States, filled with people trapped in addiction and untreated, severe mental illness, often marked by psychosis — a loss of contact with reality. For years, Los Angeles has wrapped its homelessness policies in the language of empathy and housing justice. But Skid Row reveals a harsher truth. Read More ›