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^{Jonathan Choe
March 23, 2023
Homelessness}

Jonathan Choe on Fox & Friends: Is Capitalism Causing Homelessness?

_{Jonathan Choe
March 23, 2023
Homelessness}

Jonathan Choe joins Fox & Friends to debunk the claim that capitalism is to blame for the homelessness crisis in our cities. Instead, he points to leadership continuing to push failed policy that neglects to address the root causes of the issue.

^{Jonathan Choe
February 23, 2023
Economics, Homelessness}

Jonathan Choe Discusses Seattle’s Drug Crisis with Jesse Watters

_{Jonathan Choe
February 23, 2023
Economics, Homelessness}

Students at Summit Sierra High School in Seattle are surrounded by a gauntlet of drug dealers, addicts, an open air black market, and dangerous homeless encampments. Yet state, county, and city leaders are allowing this to flourish with no timeline on solutions. Parents are livid, teachers aren't sure what to do, and some say this culture is now being normalized. This is a public safety failure. Read More ›

Aerial view of a typical suburb in Australia

^{Caitlyn Axe
February 3, 2023
Homelessness}

San Diego Declares Housing A ‘Human Right’ Without A Plan To End Homelessness

_{Caitlyn Axe
February 3, 2023
Homelessness}

The government allows human lives to flourish when it acts to protect the pursuits of these things, not when it becomes the provider of them Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

The United States of Social Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Can you sense it? Do you feel the dread? Institutions are failing. Cohesion has frayed. As the poet wrote, the center cannot hold, the best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with passionate intensity. Our country is becoming the United States of Social Anarchy. Read More ›

Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2022
Homelessness}

‘Housing First’ Caused the Homelessness Catastrophe

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2022
Homelessness}

How did the United States end up in such a filthy state? Blame ideologically driven public policies, most particularly, “Housing First,” a fine-sounding—but ultimately dysfunction-inducing—approach that thwarts ending our homelessness catastrophe. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 13, 2022
Homelessness}

Uncle Sam Enabling Homelessness, Not Ending It

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 13, 2022
Homelessness}

Uncle Sam shouldn’t say: Here’s a bed or a room, now do whatever you want. Because that’s not really working for them. Read More ›

Hands of Homelessness Poor man holding the paper house hope to have family home and warm home

^{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

Discovery Institute Releases National Report on Homelessness

_{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

The problems linked to homelessness, including substance abuse, mental illness, and crime, are increasing in America despite untold sums of government money spent to address this complex problem. Read More ›

Street signs for Rue D' Orleans and Rue Bourbon in New Orleans, Louisiana

^{Marvin Olasky
October 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Sunday Morning, New Orleans

_{Marvin Olasky
October 10, 2022
Homelessness}

What causes homelessness? Broken relationships, mental illness, and addiction are leading indicators, but some become ill from being on the streets. Societal errors have played a part alongside individual decisions. The expressways of New Orleans, like their counterparts in other cities, eliminated hundreds of homes and destroyed many small businesses. Read More ›

^{Spencer Pauley
October 5, 2022
Economics}

Reporter Denied Entry to Controversial Seattle Homeless Shelter

_{Spencer Pauley
October 5, 2022
Economics}

When one journalist attempted to join a media tour of a homeless shelter in South Downtown Seattle, he was barred from entry, which has raised concerns of government restriction of the press. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Good Intentions, Horrible Results

_{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Which came first, medical panaceas (that turned out not to be so) or money incentives? Read More ›