Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say
Rather than encouraging fraud, the system would appear to be encouraging nonparticipation instead, writes the Brown School’s Mark Rank.
Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement. For these women and girls, COVID-19 has made them particularly vulnerable to increases in gender-based violence, writes the Brown School’s Lindsay Stark.
An Extraordinary Winning Streak for Religion at the Supreme Court
Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor
America needs a more resilient medical supply chain, but self-sufficiency isn’t the answer
Iva Rashkova, assistant professor of operations and manufacturing management
‘After a year of COVID-19, vaccines making life better, but it’s not over’
In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, produced by the School of Medicine, infectious disease specialist Steve Lawrence, MD, returns to discuss where we’ve been during the pandemic and what is to come.
Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine
St. Louis, Rockwood among few districts with contested school board races
Betsy Sinclair, professor of political science
Podcast explores the power of anger
In a new episode of the “American Democracy Lab” podcast, presented by the Gephardt Institute, WashU experts help us understand what anger means, particularly at this moment, and how we can build a more “United” States.
Biden’s commission is examining Supreme Court term limits. Those could have unintended consequences.
As President Biden announced plans to study reforms to the Supreme Court, School of Law faculty Dan Epps and Kyle Rozema discuss their academic article, Designing Supreme Court Term Limits, which examines how term limits might play out in practice.
Virus Variants Can Elude Antibodies, Suggesting Need For COVID Vaccine Booster Shots
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine
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