Law & Policy

Protecting spotted owls cost far fewer jobs than timber industry claimed A northern spotted owl sits on a tree branch in a forest

Protecting spotted owls cost far fewer jobs than timber industry claimed

Employment alone isn’t enough to solve homelessness, study suggests A man walks by a group of tents along a street

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

Many Americans are relaxing their pandemic precautions, survey finds Diners eat outside in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. A June 2021 survey from AP-NORC shows that 63% of Americans plan to go to at least one bar or restaurant in the next few weeks.

Many Americans are relaxing their pandemic precautions, survey finds

Should publishing leaked information be a crime? Experts examine national security, free speech A man holds a laptop behind an ominous translucent sheet

Should publishing leaked information be a crime? Experts examine national security, free speech

For Ta-Nehisi Coates, telling the truth about America means confronting Black oppression Screenshot from the 2021 Kent Lecture

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

In an unequal America, what should public safety look like? UChicago Urban Network virtual event hosts (clockwise from top right): NPR reporter Juana Summers, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, UChicago Crown School's Franklin Cosey-Gay, Law School's Sharon Fairley

In an unequal America, what should public safety look like?

UChicago alumni turn class project into tool for public defenders Leslie Jones-Dove (left) and Devshi Mehrotra

UChicago alumni turn class project into tool for public defenders

What Americans are thinking a year after George Floyd’s death A crowd gathers before a mural of George Floyd at Cup Foods in Minneapolis, with flowers on the sidewalk and street.

What Americans are thinking a year after George Floyd’s death

Founded at UChicago, nonprofit Climate Vault proposes new solution for carbon reduction Air pollution

Founded at UChicago, nonprofit Climate Vault proposes new solution for carbon reduction

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