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^{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Poverty}

A New American Poverty

_{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Poverty}

The new American poverty is not primarily an economic phenomenon – it has become a social, familial and psychological problem that reaches the very foundations of our social order. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
November 11, 2020
Politics}

Extortion Day

_{Christopher Rufo
November 11, 2020
Politics}

In the days preceding last week’s election, business owners boarded up their stores, fearing that the election might unleash another wave of destructive rioting. Then something miraculous happened. Read More ›

^{Benjamin Wiker
October 29, 2020}

History, Like Black Lives, Matters

_{Benjamin Wiker
October 29, 2020}

The means to addressing excessive force by police shouldn’t be those used by two of the most notoriously brutal political movements of the Left — the French Revolutionaries of the Terror — and the Right — modern Germany’s National Socialists. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 19, 2020
Politics}

State-enforced Racial Segregation — By Progressives

_{Christopher Rufo
October 19, 2020
Politics}

State-sanctioned racial segregation ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but has recently returned in an unlikely place: government agencies in Seattle. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
October 13, 2020
Free Enterprise, Growth}

Revisiting the Simon-Ehrlich Wager 40 Years On

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
October 13, 2020
Free Enterprise, Growth}

And so, as you listen to the purveyors of doom on the television and the radio, and read apocalyptic predictions of humanity’s future on Twitter and in the newspapers, bear in mind that with every hungry mouth comes a pair of hands and a brain capable of thought, planning, and innovation. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Lab Coat Tyranny

_{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Public health authorities in California have unveiled a “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” that requires counties to meet new “health equity metrics” in order to emerge from the current Covid-19 lockdowns. It’s a broad experiment in social justice. Read More ›

person using syringe on yellow stone on spoon

^{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Homelessness, Politics, Poverty}

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

_{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Homelessness, Politics, Poverty}

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 ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020}

“Marxism at the Barricades:” A Wealth & Poverty Forum with Dr. Carlo Lancellotti

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020}

In the third installment of our Wealth & Poverty Forum, Christopher Rufo, the director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty, interviews Dr. Carlo Lancellotti. Dr. Lancellotti is a professor of mathematics at CUNY Staten Island and the foremost translator of 20th-century Italian political philosopher Augusto Del Noce, who wrote ”The Crisis of Modernity” and ”The Age of Secularization.” Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020
Politics, Principles}

The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek Interviews Christopher Rufo on Critical Race Theory

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020
Politics, Principles}

In this interview with The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders" series, Christopher explains the history of critical race theory, how it became the default ideology of our federal bureaucracies, and the shocking amount of taxpayer money that’s subsidizing it. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
Politics}

Against Wokeness

_{Christopher Rufo
September 17, 2020
Politics}

Whether it comes to racism or any other sin, few Americans believe that all members of any group are inherently innocent while all those of another are inherently guilty. Adherents of critical race theory do believe this, though — and they’re aggressively teaching it. Our leaders must expose critical race theory as the destructive ideology that it is. Read More ›