Seattle

^{Discovery Institute
May 24, 2022
Economics}

Discovery Institute Welcomes Jonathan Choe as Senior Fellow

_{Discovery Institute
May 24, 2022
Economics}

Jonathan Choe, a television journalist with more than two decades of experience, has been named to Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty as a senior fellow. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Economics}

Generous Donation Gone to Waste on Bad Homelessness Policy

_{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Economics}

Seattle civic and business leaders have announced a $10 million collaborative effort to tackle the downtown chronic homelessness problem. “It’s the beginning of some good news,” Mayor Bruce Harrell declared when they announced the financial donation. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
January 28, 2022
Economics}

Some Big Cities Are Coming To Their Senses On Law And Order

_{Caitlin Bassett
January 28, 2022
Economics}

Law and order won big in Seattle last November when Ann Davison was elected city attorney over a 12-year incumbent and a radical, police abolitionist candidate. Other cities seem to also be waking up to the urban decay brought about by lax law enforcement, offering a glimmer of hope that our major cities might be returning to a more common-sense …

^{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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics}

Indoctrinating an Entire School System in PC Racism

_{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics}

What’s the goal here? Simply put, to transform Seattle schools into activist organizations. At the conclusion of the training, teachers had to explain how they will practice “anti-racist pedagogy,” address the “social-justice movements taking place” and become “anti-racist outside the classroom.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 4, 2020
Economics}

The New Untouchables

_{Christopher Rufo
December 4, 2020
Economics}

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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
November 23, 2020
Economics}

Burn It Down

_{Christopher Rufo
November 23, 2020
Economics}

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 ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 21, 2020
Economics}

Mob Rule in Seattle

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 21, 2020
Economics}

Activists in Seattle have long sought to transform the city into a progressive utopia. But after the death of George Floyd, they accelerated their plans — and sought to implement them by force. This is the story of the recent unrest and the anarchy to come. Christopher Rufo is the director of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 19, 2020
Economics}

State-enforced Racial Segregation — by Progressives

_{Christopher Rufo
October 19, 2020
Economics}

State-sanctioned racial segregation ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but has recently returned in an unlikely place: government agencies in Seattle. According to new whistleblower documents I’ve reviewed, at least three public agencies in the region have implemented race-segregated diversity trainings. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Economics}

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

_{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Economics}

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 ›