A Preview of an Upcoming Progressive Populist Column
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A Preview of an Upcoming Progressive Populist Column
This is a preview of my upcoming column in the Progressive Populist, for paying subscribers only. It focuses on recent efforts to use coercion and legal penalties to combat homelessness.
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Criminalizing the Homeless Again
Homelessness should not be a crime, but that is how some municipal and state governments are treating it — using bans on camping in public to keep the unhoused out of public view, with some threatening fines and jail unless they seek help for substance abuse.
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Author: hankkalet
Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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