Capital Research Center

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Capital Research Center (CRC) released a new report in cooperation with Discovery Institute exploring how extremist ideological movements are exploiting America’s homelessness crisis, which can include hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people on any given night. Using financial data, legal records, and original research, the report uncovers a vast network of homelessness advocates that spend billions in taxpayer dollars and philanthropic grants on everything but obvious solutions. The report demonstrates that counterproductive policies have been used for years which do not solve the homelessness problem, but rather exacerbate common root causes of homelessness, including mental health challenges and substance abuse. The key findings of the report expose the groups that have co-opted the homelessness issue Read More ›

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe was recently invited to the White House, along with several other independent journalists, to discuss Antifa. He used the opportunity to present the new Capital Research Center report, “Infiltrated,” that was produced in cooperation with Discovery Institute.

***UPDATE 10/9/2025*** Capital Research Center’s report, “Infiltrated: The Ideological Capture of Homelessness Advocacy,” is out now! You see a man in a shop doorway shooting up. A block away a man outside a tent bends over in the “dope fiend lean” that supposedly intensifies a “hit.” A woman is in the middle of the street nearby, swaying to and fro and shouting in distress at unseen ghosts. But there is also a rally forming two blocks north, in front of the courthouse, where black-clad, masked youth might again set a dumpster or two on fire to mark their righteous protest against one thing or another. What is going on? Seattle is not a war zone, it is true, nor is Read More ›