The Criminalization of Black Homelessness

Click here for reuse options!White supremacy systematically creates poverty with one hand while violently punishing it with the other. In communities all over the country, police are strongly incentivized — by federal grant conditions and local budgetary constraints alike — to make arrests and issue fines as frequently as possible. The federal programs that distribute funding to states and cities often emphasize quantifiable results over meaningful engagement with those individuals a