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A homeless people camp at the base of a bridge over the Willamette River in Portland Oregon
A homeless people camp at the base of a bridge over the Willamette River in Portland Oregon
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Jonathan Choe
Date
December 20, 2022
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Street Report
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Not Just Seattle: Homelessness Plaguing Major West Coast Cities

Jonathan Choe
December 20, 2022
Street Report

This is Portland @RJBalpha continuing his journey throughout West Coast/PNW. He says sweeps continue under @tedwheeler in #Portland, but homeless encampments continue to spread further out from Downtown core. Similar pattern developing in #Seattle. San Francisco is Dystopian @RJBalpha was also in Tenderloin neighborhood. Bay Area is one of wealthiest regions in America and epicenter of Big Tech. Yet this is what’s being allowed. Greetings from Los Angeles Homeless crisis is out of control on West Coast. @RJBalpha driving through parts of California this week and documenting. These are truly America’s slums. It looks like a war zone.

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Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic
Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Author
Marvin Olasky
Date
June 17, 2022
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Crime, Law, and Order
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Do Homeless Lives Matter? Nine Fatal Minutes, Two Years Later

Marvin Olasky
June 17, 2022
Crime, Law, and Order
“Internet trolls said out loud what many people may be ashamed to even think: Just two more dead bums.” Read More ›
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Unique at Methadone Mile in Boston
Video still by Jonathan Choe, © Discovery Institute
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Jonathan Choe
Date
June 15, 2022
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Drug Epidemic, Street Report
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Struggling at Boston’s Methadone Mile

Jonathan Choe
June 15, 2022
Drug Epidemic, Street Report
But the situation is far from perfect.  On the outskirts of Boston, some call this place “Methadone Mile.” Others give a more hopeful moniker: “Recovery Road.” Either way, city officials say it's a humanitarian and health crisis.  Read More ›
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Robert Marbut
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May 23, 2022
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Mental Illness
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Robert Marbut on America’s Homelessness Crisis, Strategies for Uplifting the Homeless, and Effective Government Policies

Robert Marbut
May 23, 2022
Mental Illness
Homelessness has reached crisis proportions. Few issues of human dignity are as heart wrenching as the wretched scenes in our most prosperous cities—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle—where one can drive down main thoroughfares and be confronted with tent encampments lining streets that provide scant shelter for thousands of destitute people. Read More ›
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Downtown San Francisco with California Street at sunrise, San Francisco, California, USA
Downtown San Francisco with California Street at sunrise, San Francisco, California, USA
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Debra J. Saunders
Date
May 19, 2022
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Governance
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California’s Epic Homeless Nightmare

Debra J. Saunders
May 19, 2022
Governance
What’s the matter with California? “It’s suffering from San Fransickness,” which is “pathological altruism,” answers Michael Shellenberger, author of the book “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities.” Read More ›
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Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe
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Debra J. Saunders
Date
February 10, 2020
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Drug Epidemic
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Crack Pipes and Free Needles

Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2020
Drug Epidemic
Every well-intended public policy taken to an extreme leads to misery and dysfunction. A case in point is the Washington Free Beacon story on $30 million grant for “safe smoking” kits. According to the story, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said the kits would include pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine.” Read More ›