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The state of Washington’s Extended Foster Care program — in which young adults ages 18-21 can continue to receive some support — could help even more people by expanding participation, providing greater flexibility in eligibility criteria, and extending benefits, according to a new report from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.

Chandan Reddy, an associate professor of gender, women and sexuality studies and of the comparative history of ideas at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, has been named a “Freedom Scholarâ€� by the Marguerite Casey Foundation.

The indictment of former President Trump isn’t just about an individual but about the office of the presidency, and what the country is willing to accept from its leaders, say Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ political scientists James Long and Victor Menaldo,

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s new Sisterhood Initiative aims to support young women of color through a cohort-based program, building on the success of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Brotherhood Initiative, which focuses on young men of color.

In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most closely linked with the infant’s likelihood of being infected.

A new study led by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ uses cellphone location data to estimate the number of visits to Black-owned restaurants in 20 U.S. cities during the first year of the pandemic. The study finds that despite the “Black-owned” labelling campaign launched by companies such as Yelp, the number of visits to Black-owned restaurants dropped off after an initial spike and was inconsistent around the country.

After Washington became the first state to require suicide prevention training for health care providers, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ worked with experts and organizations to develop the All Patients Safe program. A new study shows how All Patients Safe helped providers of all specialties learn how to identify and respond to patients at risk of suicide.

Sophia Jordán Wallace, associate professor of political science at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, explains the implications the draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn the constitutional right to an abortion would have on democracy, abortion rights and the midterm elections.

LaTaSha Levy, assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, and Elizabeth Porter, interim dean of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Law, offer perspectives on the nomination and confirmation process of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.