‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’: CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

8/7/2025

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"The pitting against each other of people who lack housing and people who have housing is so insidious and counterproductive."

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‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’: CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

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More episodes from "CounterSpin"

Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault

Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health

Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers’ Voices

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure

Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium

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‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’: CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Criminalizing Poverty

Thom Hartmann on Epstein & MAGA, Han Shan (2009) on Ken Saro-Wiwa