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August 30, 2024
Tracy Rosenthal
Different Encampments, Same Police
To clear universities of student protesters, administrators and police borrowed from a ready-made political playbook: sweeping the homeless.
April 30, 2024
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Tracy Rosenthal
The New Sundown Towns
As Grants Pass, Oregon—and the nation—await a Supreme Court ruling on just how far cities can police the homeless, a volunteer mayor and her unhoused constituents try to weather the backlash.
April 23, 2024
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Wants Nothing to Do With Homelessness
In oral arguments, the justices seemed highly reluctant to entangle themselves in a matter that many believe subject the neediest Americans to cruel and unusual punishment.
April 9, 2024
Matt Ford
The White House Goes to the Supreme Court to Help the Homeless
In an unusual move, the Justice Department is pushing to participate in upcoming oral arguments in the hopes of influencing the high court to pick a less cruel fate for the most vulnerable Americans.
February 20, 2024
Nicholas Slayton
The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Criminalizing Homelessness
As the high court deliberates, policymakers are preparing for the possibility that they might solve a problem they created in the most punitive way.
October 13, 2023
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?
What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.
December 27, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
Kevin de León’s Cynical Self-Reinvention Is Hurting Los Angeles
The disgraced Los Angeles councilman says he wants to address homelessness. Advocates say he’s hurting any real progress.
October 11, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
The Last, Best Hope for Addressing Homelessness in Los Angeles Is on the Ballot
With the city at a political crossroads and the unhoused foremost on the minds of voters, Measure ULA could be a game changer—if it passes.
September 12, 2022
Nicholas Slayton
Will Los Angeles’s Toxic Politics Fail the Homeless Again?
Unhoused Angelenos have become a political football just as pandemic-era programs that offered effective interventions are set to expire.
August 3, 2021
Natalie Shure
Los Angeles Liberals’ Brutal Campaign Against the Homeless
Affluent Southern Californians are funding a massive effort to criminalize the unhoused and defeat their few remaining political allies.
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