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West Hollywood Homelessness Wild Tents Camp
West Hollywood Homelessness Wild Tents Camp
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Marvin Olasky
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September 9, 2022
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Mental Illness
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Mental Illness on the Streets

Marvin Olasky
September 9, 2022
Mental Illness
From 1978 to 1983 I worked at Du Pont, which had a famous slogan: “Better things for better living through chemistry.” Andrew Scull’s Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness (Harvard University Press, 2022), shows how those years were the culmination of a “better drugs for better living” approach to mental illness that led to closing asylums across the United States”—and left many of the sickest among us homeless. Read More ›
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Bruce Chapman
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September 6, 2022
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Housing

Spokane Shows the Failures of ‘Housing First’

Bruce Chapman
September 6, 2022
Housing
The national policy of “Housing First” has been a disappointing failure at reducing homelessness overall. Housing should be only one part of a solution that includes treatment of mental illness and drug addiction. Read More ›
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London Westminster Abbey St Margaret Church
London Westminster Abbey St Margaret Church
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Marvin Olasky
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August 26, 2022
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Homelessness in the 1300s

Marvin Olasky
August 26, 2022
Homelessness
Several readers of my column two weeks ago wanted more information on the book Piers Plowman and its historical context. Glad to provide, especially because that late medieval time in some ways parallels our own. Read More ›
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Two psycho friends going around chair supporting each other in mental house
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Marvin Olasky
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August 18, 2022
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Mental Illness
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Homeless Encampments and Mental illness

Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Mental Illness
Fifty-one years ago I bicycled from Boston to Oregon. I was a Marxist then and looking for evidence of the American empire falling apart, but during the whole ten weeks on the road I didn’t see the one tourist attraction that would have delighted my propagandistic self: homeless encampments. Now every city seems to have them. Read More ›
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Watercolor painting of medieval castle at sunrise landscape
Watercolor painting of medieval castle at sunrise landscape
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Marvin Olasky
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August 12, 2022
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What Works
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Different Time and Place, Same Dilemmas

Marvin Olasky
August 12, 2022
What Works
In the 33 years since I’ve been on-and-off writing about homelessness issues, many readers have asked the same questions and reported the same challenges to conscience: Should I give to the person at the street corner or the freeway entrance? How can I discern who will use a dollar for food and who will use it for drugs? When I give, am I doing it primarily to feel good or to help a fellow human? Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky
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August 5, 2022
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A Second Look at Community First! Village in Austin

Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Leadership
I wrote last week about Community First! Village, located on relatively cheap land just east of Austin and getting national applause as the coolest homelessness project in what some call America’s coolest city. Read More ›
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Sun shining through tall palm trees. Summer, fashion, travel, vacation, tourism, lifestyle and weather concept.
Sun shining through tall palm trees. Summer, fashion, travel, vacation, tourism, lifestyle and weather concept.
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Debra J. Saunders
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July 27, 2022
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Like a Dystopia, Only California

Debra J. Saunders
July 27, 2022
Governance
For years, the left argued that not enforcing "quality of life" laws was the humane and enlightened approach that would lead to more livable cities. But all they got was a toxic stew. Read More ›