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Two Murders—and the Cost of Luxury Beliefs
Ryan Carson and his girlfriend on a bench before the attack. (Via X)
The death of two progressive activists shocked the nation. And that says everything about crime and class in America.
By Rob Henderson
10.05.23 — U.S. Politics
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Recently, two high-profile supporters of “justice reform” were murdered. 

At 4 a.m. on Monday, Ryan Carson, a 32-year-old social justice and climate change activist, was walking with his girlfriend in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, when he was stabbed to death by a stranger. Only a few hours earlier in Philadelphia, activist and journalist Josh Kruger was

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Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson is the bestselling author of "Troubled: A Memoir of Family, Foster Care, and Social Class." He holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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