Harris School of Public Policy

Figurines of health care workers next to a figurine of a patient on a wheeled gurney

When insurers and doctors haggle over Medicaid costs, patients pay the price

A northern spotted owl sits on a tree branch in a forest

Protecting spotted owls cost far fewer jobs than timber industry claimed

A man walks by a group of tents along a street

Employment alone isn’t enough to solve homelessness, study suggests

Screenshot from the 2021 Kent Lecture

For Ta-Nehisi Coates, telling the truth about America means confronting Black oppression

Child reading books

Are children’s books becoming more diverse? New research reveals persistent bias

UChicago scholars Michael Greenstone, Katherine Baicker, Tomas J. Philipson and Austan D. Goolsbee (clockwise from top left) discuss economic issues in a virtual event

What does it take to make federal economic policy? UChicago scholars reflect on time in White House

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates to join conversation with UChicago students at May 27 event

Illustration of workplace gender inequality

How gender bias impacts college career guidance—and dissuades women from certain jobs

Photo by Amir Jina

What the Biden administration means for international climate policy

Virtual Harper Lecture preview image

Why health care and gun violence are matters of racial justice