Plus: Does ‘Housing First’ Help Homeless? Here’s What Happened in Los Angeles
May 25 2021
Good morning from Washington, where at least one senator is troubled by the Federal Reserve Bank’s sudden interest in “structural racism.” Our Fred Lucas reports on that and on the reborn 1776 Commission coming out against President Biden’s support for teaching critical race theory. On the podcast, a Mexican immigrant looks back on chasing his dream in America. Plus: liberals fail Asian Americans; LA’s expensive mistake on homelessness; and a recommended biography of economist and social commentator Thomas Sowell. Sixty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy announces to Congress his goal of sending an American to the moon by decade’s end and requests funding for an accelerated space program.
In 2016, influential political leaders, activists, and media outlets in Los Angeles said they had a simple solution to homelessness: Build more housing.
“The American dream is still attainable as long as we have capitalism," says Humberto Lopez, but he warns that “big government” is “going to take away the opportunities for … dreams [that] a lot of us...
Commission members highlight a proposed Education Department rule that “encourages and seeks to direct federal funds to the teaching of racial discrimination” in public schools.
Sowell had a concise answer when a podcaster asked what awakened him to the failures of Marxism, an ideology he had espoused in his youth. “Facts!” Sowell replied.