Severely mentally ill homeless people should be involuntarily committed

Mental health

Emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and the conditions and treatments that affect it.

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Public health

Protection and improvement of community health through prevention, surveillance, education and policy rather than individual treatment. In the United States it is delivered mainly by state and local agencies, with federal bodies setting guidance that carries little binding force on them.

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Civil liberties

Individual freedoms that constrain what the state may do, including speech, assembly, religion, privacy and protection from arbitrary search or detention. Distinct from civil rights, which concern equal treatment, these limit government power rather than extend entitlement, and are usually enforced through the courts.

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Economy

Coverage of the American economy and the policy that shapes it: inflation, employment, tariffs, taxation and the federal budget. Distinct from business news, which follows companies rather than the decisions taken in Congress and at the Federal Reserve.

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