By: Gabriella Rusek Aging Out and Landscape of Instability Each year, thousands of young adults leave the foster care system not because they have found a stable, long-term family, but because they have reached the legal age of adulthood. In federal fiscal year 2024 alone, 176,730 youth exited foster care (for a variety of reasons)[1], […]
By: Daniella Domlija In 2026, Miami-Dade County plans to open one of the most ambitious local mental health initiatives in the country: the Miami-Dade Center for Mental Health and Recovery.[1] Designed as an integrated diversion and treatment facility, the Center represents a structural shift in how a major metropolitan jurisdiction responds to serious mental illness […]
By: Laura Bea In recent months, the federal government has intensified its scrutiny of university diversity initiatives, launching a wave of civil rights investigations and lawsuits that have placed higher education at the center of a national debate over race, institutional autonomy, and federal funding. In its latest attempt to challenge diversity, equality, and inclusion […]
By: Alex Marban As the unitary executive theory regains traction, the President’s sole authority over nuclear weapons illustrates how the racialized foundations of national security magnify the existential stakes of concentrated executive power.[1] Executive power reaches its peak in national security matters, as the President’s Article II authority combines the Commander-in-Chief and foreign affairs power […]
