The Homelessness Paradox

This chapter examines the contradictions of increasing homelessness despite considerable government investments in supportive programs. It discusses the failures of these programs, the role of the economic system in perpetuating homelessness, and the inefficacies of current services like shelters and transition programs in Oakland.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps
Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland
Should You Flee the United States?
Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9

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Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/#:~:text=The%20dominant%20entertainment%20industry%20is,than%203%20billion%20active%20gamers

https://app2top.com/news/the-gaming-industry-in-2024-by-the-numbers-a-review-by-gamesindustry-276003.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/asmongolds-twitch-channel-banned-following-racist-rant-about-palestinians

https://g-mnews.com/en/global-games-market-will-generate-usd-187-7-billion-in-2024/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/