With the Atlanta spa shootings earlier this year, and the pandemic exacerbating incendiary rhetoric about Asian Americans, violence has become a regular conversation topic in my circles. My Asian-American friends share stories about street harassment, while my... More »
In the November issue of the Journal of Urban Economics, Peter Ganong of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Daniel Shoag of the Harvard Kennedy School investigate a troubling question: “Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?“In eco... More »
The 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) provided an urgent and long-overdue wake-up call: U.S. balloting systems are not secure. In the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential race, election security and cyber hygiene... More »
In October 2017, Richard Thaler won the University of Chicago its 29th Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics. Stockholm’s nod to Thaler is less coup than coronation, of both Thaler himself and of the broad applicability... More »
People and nations worldwide cannot be assured of their safety as long as nuclear warheads remain ready for launch. How do we address the unspeakable dangers of nuclear war in today’s political climate? Dr. Kennette Benedict speaks about current and future nuc... More »
The Chicago Policy Review celebrates 20 years of bridging the gap between policy research and the real world. More »
As universities fail to prevent sexual violence and respond inappropriately to its victims, there is an urgent need to develop preventative measures with proven success to decrease sexual violence. More »
Professor William Howell explores the reasons presidential libraries are important and the academic value of having the Obama Library near the University of Chicago. More »
Emile Cambry Jr., founder of BLUE1647, discusses his revolutionary, community-based approach to workforce development in the digital age. More »
Political strategist and former New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson discusses how terrorism, technology, and crime have impacted views on privacy and security. More »
Chicago Policy Review reports on the insights provided by policy research on four policy issues that have surfaced in Ferguson, Missouri since the death of Michael Brown. More »
Children who received higher quality vocabulary cues from their parents are found to have higher vocabulary comprehension scores than those whose parents gave lower quality cues. More »