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October 18, 2024
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Inequity and Iniquity in Manhattan Housing

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October 18, 2024
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In 2015, the May 15 cover of New York Magazine ran this headline: “New York Real Estate Is the New Swiss Bank Account: Foreigners are flooding the market to stash, hide, and sometimes launder their money.” That intrigued me, because I had done some research into Manhattan condos selling for $20 million and up. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 10, 2024
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“Fentanyl Death Incorporated” Private Screening

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October 10, 2024
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Discovery Insitute is pleased to invite our supporters and friends to a private screening of a significant new documentary, Fentanyl Death Incorporated. The event will feature Discovery Institute Senior Fellow, fentanyl expert, and former White House Policy Advisor, Dr. Robert Marbut, who served as Senior Producer. Read More ›

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^{Marvin Olasky
October 4, 2024
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Elliott’s “Invisible Child”: A Model of Narrative Non-Fiction

_{Marvin Olasky
October 4, 2024
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Sixty-six books have won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction since that award began in 1962. Two of the books — sociologist Matthew Desmond's Evicted (the 2017 winner) and journalist Andrea Elliott's Invisible Child (2022 Pulitzer) — portray people in and out of homelessness. I criticized Desmond's work last month: He communicated an unmodulated despair. Last week, though, I recommended E. Fuller Torrey's American Psychosis, and this week I want to recommend Invisible Child's nuanced hopefulness. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 3, 2024
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New Fentanyl Documentary Produced by Senior Fellow Robert Marbut Coming January 2025

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October 3, 2024
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Discovery Institute's Fix Homelessness initiative is proud to partner with filmmaker Stephen Wollwerth in the production of this documentary that explores the fentanyl crisis in depth. The documentary is produced by Senior Fellow Dr. Robert G. Marbut, Jr., the former Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness under both the Trump and Biden administrations. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
September 17, 2024
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Drug Addiction Overtakes Street Corners in Seattle’s Chinatown

_{Jonathan Choe
September 17, 2024
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^{Marvin Olasky
August 30, 2024
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Adverse Childhood Experiences: The ACEs You Don’t Want to be Dealt

_{Marvin Olasky
August 30, 2024
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ACEs ("adverse childhood experiences") go wild: ACEs such as suffering abuse or neglect, witnessing violence in the home or community, or having a family member attempt or die by suicide, undermine senses of safety and stability. Many U.S. adults experience at least one type of ACE. Most homeless adults hold in their hands at least four ACEs. Read More ›

Schoolgirl choosing book in school library. Smart girl selecting books. Learning from books. School education. Benefits of everyday reading. Child curiosity. Back to school

^{Marvin Olasky
August 23, 2024
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A Peruse Through Academic Journals on the Link Between Foster Care and Homelessness

_{Marvin Olasky
August 23, 2024
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As this century began, journalist Fred Barnes quoted four discouraging words found in some illustrious newspapers: "First of a series." Journalist Mickey Kaus defined the typical newspaper series as a "bloated journalistic project driven by egos and internal institutional needs." But one thing is even more discouraging than most newspaper series: a series of articles from academic journals. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
August 16, 2024
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Foster Care Children Too Often Become Homeless Adults

_{Marvin Olasky
August 16, 2024
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The Safe Families dinner and Rob Henderson memoir I wrote about last month got me thinking more about "the relationship between foster care and homelessness": That's the title of a paper delivered at a 1996 conference hosted by the American Public Welfare Association and based on client files and case data from 21 homeless service organizations located in every region of the United States. Read More ›

little girl with paper family in hands. concept of divorce, custody and child abuse

^{Marvin Olasky
August 9, 2024
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How Adverse Childhood Experiences Turn into Homelessness

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August 9, 2024
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Would you rather be rich or loved? Many of us might want to be both, but Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, understands what's most important: "For happiness, it's better to be poor and loved than rich and unloved." Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
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The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

_{Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
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Earlier this month I wrote about the regular Wednesday dinners for unhoused humans at the University Avenue church. This week I'll write about a Friday night fundraising dinner in a church gym four miles further north. The beneficiary: Safe Families for Children of Austin — one of a hundred Safe Family chapters in 30 states that try to keep children from having the traumatic experiences that contribute to the psychology of homelessness. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
July 22, 2024
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Freedom From Fentanyl Walk Displays Bipartisanship to Address Addiction Crisis

_{Jonathan Choe
July 22, 2024
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U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Raul Garcia and his team of volunteers walked more than a hundred miles across Washington State to bring much needed attention to the fentanyl crisis. This bipartisan group of recovery advocates are also spotlighting mental illness and say they will champion these issues until it leads to real change. I caught up with them on Sunday for the final leg of the journey into Seattle. Read More ›

^{Caitlyn McKenney
July 2, 2024
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Middle America Has a Lot to Teach us About Homelessness

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July 2, 2024
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In this episode, I’m joined by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky who is the author of 29 books, the former editor of WORLD Magazine, and has spent the last year living in homeless programs across the U.S. to learn from the people living in them. We discuss the bias of West Coast journalism, what makes programs successful, and the stories Read More ›