Grassroots Work Is Key to Upward Mobility, Not Policy Papers
How does someone go from being homeless youth with a troubled family to a licensed commercial pilot at the age of 23? For Kamia, it started with a single helicopter…
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Woke Mental Health
Wokeism has started leeching into the mental health professions, blurring the lines between treating people and enabling them. In fact, the culture of woke in academia is referred to as…
“Pathological Altruism” May Kill a City Near You
San Francisco had a public health crisis last year. But it wasn't COVID. It was a 150 percent increase in the number of drug overdoses (697), more than double the…
A Conversation with the Capital Research Center’s Ken Braun
Braun recently has conducted research about the role of establishment grantmakers and their nonprofit grant recipients in the massive and growing problem of homelessness in Los Angeles—a problem to which…
Barbecue with a Side of Bleach
Last week, health inspectors in Kansas City, Missouri, poured bleach on barbecue meant to feed about 150 homeless people. Why? Because the inspectors couldn’t confirm the origin of the food.