The Irrational Stupidity of Sweeps, Part 3

Back in June 2009, Lise Fisher, staff writer for The Gainesville Sun in Florida, told readers about the arrest of a man for stabbing two other men (both admitted to the hospital in critical condition) in the section of town known as Tent City. For the...

Property Theft in Sacramento

In May, Cynthia Hubert reported for The Sacramento Bee on a very unusual class-action lawsuit in which people experiencing homelessness sued Sacramento, California, for violating their constitutional rights by seizing and disposing of their...

The Irrational Stupidity of Sweeps, Part 2

St. Petersburg, Florida, is said to be making progress. Here is Associated Press writer Mitch Stacy’s account of the city’s recent history: Four years ago, St. Petersburg’s struggles with some of the most rampant homelessness in the country reached a crescendo… The...

The Irrational Stupidity of “Sweeps”

There is a growing trend, and it’s not a good one. In some quarters, people experiencing homelessness are persecuted with a ferocity previously reserved for witches and suchlike. Here, in America, an amazing number of people live like refugees, and there is...

Labor Day

The Labor Day holiday was created, we are told, when things were very shaky and President Cleveland wanted to make a good show of reconciling with the labor movement. We could use a little of that now. Labor, work, jobs, employment — what do we need to know about that...