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Housing Affordability or Housing Shortage? Why Institutional Investor Restrictions May be the Wrong Approach

By: Joshua Oresky             Considered a fundamental right by many, housing affordability ranks as one of the most pressing domestic policy issues throughout the United States. As home prices surge, rental prices increase, and the American dream of home ownership becomes more akin to an unattainable nightmare. According to a 2025 Congressional Research Service Report, […]

Rebuilding Public Safety: The 2026 Opening of the Miami-Dade Center for Mental Health and Recovery

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 […]

From Shield to Sword: Title VI Litigation and the Remaking of Civil Rights Law in the Post-Students for Fair Admissions Landscape

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 […]

The Thermonuclear Presidency and the Unitary Executive: A Pandora’s Box in a Racialized Nuclear Order

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 […]