After spending the weekend in Portland (a bunch of it on transit) I am thinking more about how we talk about the scourge of homelessness in most American cities.
It's insidious because the people who suffer the most are also the most visible symptom of the problem and therefore end up the targets of policy instead of the actual underlying causes.
How do we (and how do politicians) talk about homelessness in a way that makes people see the homeless as victims rather than the problem?
Dana Fried /
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