progressivism

^{Debra J. Saunders
May 19, 2022
Homelessness}

California’s Epic Homeless Nightmare

_{Debra J. Saunders
May 19, 2022
Homelessness}

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 ›

^{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Generous Donation Gone to Waste on Bad Homelessness Policy

_{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Seattle civic and business leaders have announced a $10 million collaborative effort to tackle the downtown chronic homelessness problem. “It’s the beginning of some good news,” Mayor Bruce Harrell declared when they announced the financial donation. Read More ›

^{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

Most Cities’ Responses To Homelessness Actually Enable Even More Homelessness

_{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

If policymakers want to be serious about truly alleviating the suffering of those experiencing homelessness and keeping their streets safe, they need to spend their money wisely on treatment-and-recovery approaches. Read More ›

Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Crack Pipes and Free Needles

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

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 ›

Congressman Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

^{Christopher Rufo
March 25, 2021
Politics}

Senator Cotton’s Stand

_{Christopher Rufo
March 25, 2021
Politics}

Today, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton introduced legislation to ban critical race theory trainings in the United States military. The bill is concise, and desperately needed. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2021
Politics}

Subversive Education

_{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2021
Politics}

Last year, the Wake County Public School System, which serves the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area, held an equity-themed teachers’ conference with sessions on “whiteness,” “microaggressions,” “racial mapping,” and “disrupting texts,” encouraging educators to form “equity teams” in schools and push the new party line: “antiracism.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Politics}

Revenge of the Gods

_{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Politics}

Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 4, 2021
Politics}

Critical Race Fragility

_{Christopher Rufo
March 4, 2021
Politics}

The Left has denounced the “war on woke,” but it is afraid to defend the principles of critical race theory in public debate. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
February 24, 2021
Politics}

Failure Factory

_{Christopher Rufo
February 24, 2021
Politics}

Buffalo school administrators have adopted fashionable new pedagogies: “culturally responsive teaching,” “pedagogy of liberation,” “equity-based instructional strategies,” and an “emancipatory curriculum.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
February 19, 2021
Politics}

Gone Crazy

_{Christopher Rufo
February 19, 2021
Politics}

New York’s East Side Community School recently sent a letter encouraging white parents to become “white traitors” and advocate for “white abolition.” Read More ›