Author

Aarushi Solanki

  • Mental Health

    The Deadly Cost of Ignoring Clinical Need

    Iryna Zarutska immigrated to North Carolina in August 2022, fleeing war-torn Ukraine. Exactly three years later, she was taking the subway home from a shift at a local Charlotte pizzeria when, abruptly, Decarlos Brown fatally stabbed…

    The Deadly Cost of Ignoring Clinical Need

  • Reproductive Health

    Birth Centers Disentangled from Regulations: A Solution to Disappearing L&D Wards

    The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations. And yet, since 2020, a staggering 116 rural labor and delivery (L&D) wards in America have shuttered their doors, representing an 11 percent reduction in the overall number of…

    Birth Centers Disentangled from Regulations: A Solution to Disappearing L&D Wards

  • Government Regulation

    Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness

    In July, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” (the Order) to address homelessness — or what his administration called “endemic vagrancy,” disorderly behavior, and violent attacks. 

    Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness