Robin Rue Simmons is the Founder and Executive Director of First Repair, a nonprofit organization that provides expertise, technical assistance, and advocacy for local reparations nationwide. As the 5th Ward Alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois from 2017-2021, Ms.... More »
Teletherapy became increasingly popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, an estimated 21% of U.S. adults used a teletherapy service, while mental health startups collectively raised $5.5 billion in funding. Websites such as BetterHelp, Cerebral, Ginger, ... More »
Henry Grabar is the author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. His book examines how parking shapes Americans’ lives through day-to-day interactions such as violence over a parking spot to its role in affordable housing development. Paved Paradi... More »
Every year millions of Americans begrudgingly file their taxes. Each household must spend countless hours deciding which deductions to take, bemoaning the complexity, and eventually sending off the precious dollars they must pay to fund our roads, bridges, fir... More »
In part one of the Chicago Policy Review’s interview with Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, the Chicago Policy Review’s Will Macheel discussed the role of a beer economist and the history of beer regulation in the United States. While s... More »
What’s in a beer? Is it simply a fermentation of hops, yeast, grains, and water? In many instances, yes. You would also be wise to highlight some beers that include other ingredients, such as juniper in a Finnish sahti or a version of the popular IPA style mad... More »
From COVID-19 stimulus checks known virally as “stimmy” to expanded unemployment benefits, most Americans know that the government steps in with emergency programs to cushion the blow during economic crises. However, many of these programs involve frequently c... More »
“Someone help this ch***!” These were the last words Michelle heard as the middle-aged man, who had just struck her across the cheek, began to walk away. What had once just been another frightening story on the news of an Asian woman’s account of harassment in... More »
Vote-by-mail (VBM) has garnered national attention since 2020 as a system to increase voter turnout by allowing citizens to exercise their voice safely and conveniently, especially given the new wave of voter suppression efforts. What many proponents have fail... More »
Imagine a cutting-edge new platform for economic development. It has value because everyone says it does. That value tends to fluctuate wildly. Accessing an account requires remembering a random string of letters and numbers. Some services allow users to use a... More »
Once again, Congress appears deadlocked. Following the tight 2022 midterm elections, Democrats managed to maintain a slim majority in the U.S. Senate, but narrowly lost the House. More recently, the prolonged race for Speaker of the House revealed the instabil... More »
With an annual average of just 9.5 inches of precipitation, Nevada wins the title of driest state in the United States. Nevadans thus heavily depend on Lake Mead and the Colorado River that feeds it to fulfill their water needs. These life and commerce-sustain... More »