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Urban poverty

feature-cj-homeless | Photo: A homeless family in Miami, Florida; Joe Raedle/Getty

Housing Policy

Does Miami Have the Answer to Homelessness?

There may not be a perfect solution to ending homelessness, but there are some clear principles to reduce the friction for those working to do so.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.15.2024 6:00 AM

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Media

Will the Government Shutdown Result in 'Hunger for Millions' as Reuters Claims?

When you use incorrect stats to bolster your claims, as Reuters did, all kinds of foolish conclusions follow.

Liz Wolfe | 9.26.2023 2:00 PM

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Homelessness

Debate: Mentally Ill Homeless People Must Be Locked Up for Public Safety

Have we forgotten the era of mass institutionalization?

Jared Meyer and Mike Riggs | 4.11.2023 7:00 AM

A homeless man sleeps on a bench near Philadelphia's city hall. Poverty urban rural Pennsylvania taxes state government welfare | Photo 126683205 / Blue © Bumbleedee | Dreamstime.com

Welfare

When the Government Makes Poverty Worse

A Pennsylvania survey suggests that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security, ranking ahead of credit card debt and student loans.

Eric Boehm | 2.27.2023 12:10 PM

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Election 2020

Bloomberg's Promise of a New 'War on Poverty' Echoes Past Government Failures

"There has to be a war on poverty," says Michael Bloomberg. Does he know how the last one turned out?

Steven Greenhut | 12.27.2019 8:00 AM

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Employee Ownership

Can Laundry and Lettuce Save Cleveland?

A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the Cleveland Clinic and growing vegetables for the city.

Daniel McGraw | 10.21.2018 6:00 AM

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