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Dr. Johanna Greeson was featured on WHYY discussing the White House’s new foster care executive order, emphasizing prevention, housing, and lasting relationships beyond scholarships.
Dr. Dennis Culhane joined WHYY to discuss federal shifts away from Housing First, stressing that decades of research show Housing First outperforms work- or sobriety-based models that often push the most vulnerable back into homelessness.
Dr. Ioana Marinescu warns in Business Insider that her Brookings research suggests wage growth may slow once about a third of cognitive tasks are automated due to “intelligence saturation.”
Dr. Millan AbiNader was featured in Nature discussing how researchers exposed to traumatic material can experience vicarious trauma, underscoring the need to acknowledge these risks and build systems that promote researcher well-being and resilience.
Devex interviews Katherina (Kat) Rosqueta, founding executive director of CHIP, highlighting the Four Philanthropic Plays framework and High Impact Philanthropy Academy, and exploring how funders can support social movements to drive sustainable change.
A New York Times op-ed by Philip Mangano, former executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, cites SP2’s Dr. Dennis Culhane on the “migrant bump” and warns that proposed federal housing cuts threaten proven solutions like permanent supportive housing.
Dr. Desmond Patton was quoted in AP News on Instagram’s new PG-13 content restrictions for teens, calling it a timely opportunity for caregivers to engage with youth about their digital lives and praising clearer AI boundaries as a step toward safer, more joyful social media.
Dr. Ioana Marinescu joined the Ruled by Reason podcast to discuss labor monopsony theory and how it informs antitrust law and policy, in conversation with David O. Fisher of the American Antitrust Institute.
NPR features Dr. Dennis Culhane in a story on The Other Side Village, a Utah-based community model for addressing chronic homelessness through housing, recovery, and employment support.
Teen Vogue quotes Dr. Stacia West in a story on direct cash support for LGBTQ+ youth in Asheville, North Carolina, where she highlights how unconditional transfers — like those in Youth Outright’s Direct Youth Payment Program — affirm autonomy and trust.