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^{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Economics

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

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October 2, 2020
Economics

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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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
Economics

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Against Wokeness

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September 17, 2020
Economics

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^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics

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Christopher Rufo with Reihan Salan for Manhattan Institute’s Young Leaders Circle

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September 16, 2020
Economics

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On September 16th, Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam interviewed City Journal contributing editor Christopher Rufo who has established himself as an authority on the negative consequences of sometimes well-intentioned progressive policies designed to address homelessness, opioid addiction, incarceration, and other urban problems. Read More ›

^{Bruce Agnew and Jay W. Richards
September 4, 2020
Cascadia, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

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Bringing ACES Vehicle Technology to the Puget Sound Region

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September 4, 2020
Cascadia, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

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Jay Richards interviews Bruce Agnew, Director of the ACES Northwest Network, about the collective’s work to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. Agnew says that 5G will be key in implementing autonomous vehicles as it will increase bandwidth and reduce latency, thus adding a degree of technical capacity and safety. Read More ›

^{David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2020
Intelligent Design

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Something Is Missing from Bronx Zoo’s Apology

_{David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2020
Intelligent Design

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The truth is that placing a man in the Monkey House was intended as an education for the public in Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics

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The Harm in “Harm Reduction”

_{Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics

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As cities in the United States, including San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle, consider opening their own safe-injection sites, they should understand the full consequences of these practices. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics

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Cult Programming in Seattle

_{Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics

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Last month, the City of Seattle’s Office of Civil Rights sent an email inviting “white City employees” to attend a training session on “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
June 16, 2020
Economics

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The State of CHAZ

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June 16, 2020
Economics

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The new state of CHAZ has evolved. Over the past week, left-wing protesters have transformed the surrounding neighborhood into the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), hoping to create a new political authority based on social-justice principles. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Economics

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Anarchy in Seattle

_{Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Economics

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Seattle’s hard-Left secessionist movement has claimed its first territory: six blocks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Read More ›

^{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2020
Intelligent Design

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Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2020
Intelligent Design

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Ota Benga’s protest — “I am a man! I am a man!” — summarizes the very best message of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More ›

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January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

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Discovery Founding Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Seattle Business Magazine

_{Discovery Institute
January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

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Discovery Institute founding board chair Tom Alberg, who served on the board from 1991 to 2004, has been given a lifetime achievement award by Seattle Business Magazine for what they call his “uncanny knack for anticipating tech’s next blockbuster hit.” In addition to his tech senses, he also has a deep understanding of transportation and mobility challenges in the Puget Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics

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An Addiction Crisis Disguised as a Housing Crisis

_{Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics

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By latest count, some 109,089 men and women are sleeping on the streets of major cities in California, Oregon, and Washington. The homelessness crisis in these cities has generated headlines and speculation about “root causes.” Progressive political activists allege that tech companies have inflated housing costs and forced middle-class people onto the streets. Declaring that “no two people living on Skid Row . . . ended up there for the same reasons,” Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, for his part, blames a housing shortage, stagnant wages, cuts to mental health services, domestic and sexual abuse, shortcomings in criminal justice, and a lack of resources for veterans. These factors may all have played a role, but the most pervasive cause of West Coast homelessness is clear: heroin, fentanyl, and synthetic opioids. Read More ›