Politics

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Christopher Rufo
January 20, 2021
Politics

“Antiracism” Comes to the Heartland

Christopher Rufo
January 20, 2021
Politics
For years, Americans have watched as educators have pushed deeply divisive “antiracism” programs in coastal cities such as Berkeley, Portland, and Seattle. Now “antiracism” has come to the heartland. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
December 4, 2020
Politics

The New Untouchables

Christopher Rufo
December 4, 2020
Politics
The poor, in the logic of Seattle’s progressive elites, are thus forced to commit crimes — including violent crimes — to secure their very existence. Therefore, as society is the perpetrator of this inequality, the crimes of the poor must be forgiven. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
November 23, 2020
Politics

Burn It Down

Christopher Rufo
November 23, 2020
Politics
American cities are entering a period of chaos. Protests and riots have dominated headlines, but beneath the surface, activists are launching an unprecedented campaign to overthrow the traditional justice system. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
November 11, 2020
Politics

Extortion Day

Christopher Rufo
November 11, 2020
Politics
In the days preceding last week’s election, business owners boarded up their stores, fearing that the election might unleash another wave of destructive rioting. Then something miraculous happened. Read More ›
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Benjamin Wiker
October 29, 2020

History, Like Black Lives, Matters

Benjamin Wiker
October 29, 2020
The means to addressing excessive force by police shouldn’t be those used by two of the most notoriously brutal political movements of the Left — the French Revolutionaries of the Terror — and the Right — modern Germany’s National Socialists. Read More ›
Fight covid
Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics

Lab Coat Tyranny

Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics
Public health authorities in California have unveiled a “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” that requires counties to meet new “health equity metrics” in order to emerge from the current Covid-19 lockdowns. It’s a broad experiment in social justice. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Homelessness, Politics, Poverty

“Safe Injection Sites” Aren’t Safe, Effective or Wise. Just Ask Canadians

Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Homelessness, Politics, Poverty
If you've never heard of "safe injection sites" — public facilities for drug users to consume heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine under the supervision of medical staff — you probably will soon. In cities such as Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco, drug legalization activists have launched a campaign to create such sites. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020

“Marxism at the Barricades:” A Wealth & Poverty Forum with Dr. Carlo Lancellotti

Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
In the third installment of our Wealth & Poverty Forum, Christopher Rufo, the director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty, interviews Dr. Carlo Lancellotti. Dr. Lancellotti is a professor of mathematics at CUNY Staten Island and the foremost translator of 20th-century Italian political philosopher Augusto Del Noce, who wrote ”The Crisis of Modernity” and ”The Age of Secularization.” Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
Politics

Against Wokeness

Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
Politics
Whether it comes to racism or any other sin, few Americans believe that all members of any group are inherently innocent while all those of another are inherently guilty. Adherents of critical race theory do believe this, though — and they’re aggressively teaching it. Our leaders must expose critical race theory as the destructive ideology that it is. Read More ›