homelessness

Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe

^{Debra J. Saunders
December 2, 2021
Economics}

No, Safe Injection Sites Aren’t Safe

_{Debra J. Saunders
December 2, 2021
Economics}

Tuesday New York City opened two safe injection sites in a bid to prevent overdose deaths, which have skyrocketed in America. Here’s why it’s a bad idea. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
November 24, 2021
Economics}

Homelessness Will Not Be Solved With a One-Size-Fits-All Solution

_{Caitlin Bassett
November 24, 2021
Economics}

Mark Horvath has interviewed a countless number of homeless people for his YouTube channel, Invisible People. Based on his own experience and these interviews, Horvath is a Housing First advocate, arguing that our efforts must be focused on housing in order to fix homelessness. Is Horvath right? Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

President of Orange County Rescue Mission Explains Homelessness

_{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

The Orange County Rescue Mission is the largest non-profit faith-based organization in the Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Incredibly, it houses 500-600 people within their many facilities at any given time and serves over 19,800 people in the community. Read More ›

close up of addict woman and drug syringes

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 20, 2021
Economics}

The Real Zombie Apocalypse

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 20, 2021
Economics}

The likelihood of a zombie apocalypse like the ones portrayed in movies and TV shows is slim to say the least, but in the slums of some of America's largest cities, it seems the apocalypse is already upon us. Only it's not a virus or a curse turning people into walking shells of their former selves – it's drug addiction. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 20, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Seattle, Another Dysfunctional City

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 20, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

“Familiar faces” is a term used for Seattle’s prolific offenders in the criminal justice system, writes Scott Lindsay in Crosscut, where he considers how two candidates for city attorney would deal with these repeat offenders. Read More ›

Two police officers arrest and handcuff homeless woman in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California.

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 4, 2021
Economics}

How Leftist Prosecutors Contributed To 2020’s Massive Crime Spike

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 4, 2021
Economics}

The number of homicides in the United States increased around 30 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported last week, along with a 5.6 percent increase in violent crime in the same period. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
August 30, 2021
Economics}

Solutions to Homelessness: Acres of Diamonds in King County, Washington

_{Caitlin Bassett
August 30, 2021
Economics}

While Seattle wrestles with its own homelessness problem, a small suburb to the Emerald City’s east has been saving homeless mothers and their children from cycles of abuse, addiction, and homelessness for over twenty years. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
July 25, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Want to Solve Homelessness? Call a Cop

_{Debra J. Saunders
July 25, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

“We can end homelessness in the State of California,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Monday. It’s a goal Newsom shares with President Joe Biden, despite Democrats’ inability to curb homelessness by throwing money at it. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
June 17, 2021
Economics}

Washington State Police Reforms Fail the Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Bassett
June 17, 2021
Economics}

When Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a dozen new polic reforms on May 18, he called them "a moral mandate" that would “create a system of accountability and integrity stronger than anywhere else in the nation.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The Invisible Asylum

_{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Read More ›