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Want to reduce crime in DC? Ramp up enforcement and sentences
By Joshua Crawford, Director of Criminal Justice Initiatives What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year,…
Getting serious about teen violence in Washington, D.C.: Louisville, Kentucky, provides a solution
In this opinion editorial published in The Washington Times, Joshua Crawford highlights the escalating crime crisis in Washington, D.C., particularly…
Homicides Are on the Decline—Except Where Progressives Reign Supreme | Opinion
The Council on Criminal Justice has released their mid-year crime report for 2023. It shows two major things: Homicides appear…
Georgia Needs to Widen Schooling Choices in 2024
The year is only half over, but 2023 has already been a banner year for the expansion of educational opportunity…
Murder Is Actually Going Down—Wherever They’re Paying Cops More and Targeting Gangs
Since 2015, American cities have experienced elevated levels of homicide and shootings resulting in thousands more lives lost and families…
Opinion: A path that could reduce Atlanta’s juvenile crime
In January, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens launched the “Year of the Youth” plan to combat juvenile crime rates in the…
Utah’s ‘One Door’ Policy Shows the Way Forward on Safety Net Reforms
By Buzz Brockway The April unemployment report shows that job opportunities remain at historic highs across the country. In fact, the report…
Creating a path forward to reduce juvenile crime in Memphis | Opinion
n February, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis addressed the city council and told the story of an 11-year-old boy who…
Increase School Choice as Public Schools Can’t Meet All Kids’ Needs
As states like Utah and Iowa pass sweeping school choice legislation, it is important to understand no one is trying…
Georgia Students Need More Schooling Choices
The undeniable truth is that parents want more educational options for their children and the kids certainly deserve it after…
We Must Rein in Violent Crime to Help Those Who Need Economic Opportunity
Businesses are moving out of cities and neighborhoods with rising crime rates. By abandoning these high-risk locations, these businesses take…
Expanded School Choice Can Help Pandemic Learning Losses
Buzz Brockway, a former Republican legislator from Gwinnett, is vice president of public policy for the right-leaning think tank Georgia…
Fixing Things at the Local Level Without Government
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Georgia Politicians Reject Educational Freedom At Their Own Peril
Tuesday, March 15, was a sad day for kids in Georgia. That’s the day when the Georgia Senate voted down…
Georgia Politicians Reject Educational Freedom At Their Own Peril | The Georgia Virtue
Tuesday, March 15, was a sad day for kids in Georgia. That’s the day when the Georgia Senate voted down…
Promise Scholarships Would Help Adoptive Families Like Mine
Originally Posted in the Gwinnett Daily Post
Rural Georgia Families Need Promise Scholarships
Rural families in Georgia, like mine, don’t always have access to educational options. Promise Scholarships would fix this inequity. My…
Lockdowns Were a Failure. What We Do Next Doesn’t Have To Be.
There is new proof government-imposed shutdowns prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have done more harm than good. A better choice…
We Don’t Need to Rely on Elections to Do Good in Our Communities
This election season has been the most rancorous of our lifetimes. Is anyone surprised? We’ve come to expect the unexpected…
It’s Time for Georgia to Reign in Policing for Profit
Much needed conversations are happening in recent weeks across Georgia and our nation on policing reforms. One practical area of…