Lynn Johnson on Child Welfare Priorities for the New Administration

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Farewell Episode: The Good, the Bad, and Looking Ahead

What policy successes and failures have shaped outcomes for kids in the past five years, and what is necessary to create solutions in the next five? Join Naomi and Ian for the final episode of the Are You Kidding Me? podcast. From breakthroughs in school choice, to failures in ch ...  Show more

George Borjas on Mortality Rates Among Black Infants

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her dissent on the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in 2023, cited a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) concluding that black infants are more likely to survive if they are cared for by black doc ...  Show more

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