Law & Policy

SCOTUS votes 5-4 in favor of same-sex marriage

Prof. Mary Anne Case argues recent U.S. Supreme Court decision is ‘an opinion about marriage which includes gay people, rather than an opinion about gay people which includes marriage’


Crossed lines

A secret in her own family led Allyson Hobbs, AM’02, PhD’09, to uncover the hidden history of racial passing


The University of Chicago Magazine

SCOTUS votes 6-3 in favor of Affordable Care Act

Audio: Prof. David Strauss discusses how Supreme Court ruling on Affordable Care Act will affect Illinois citizens


Teaching meditation to kids in Chicago swiftly reduced crime and dropout rates

Article cites Prof. Harold Pollack, who says youth programs like Becoming A Man can be ‘cost-effective, and a feasible part of a solution’


What makes a state Islamic?

In op-ed, Lect. Azeem Ibrahim writes Muslim values of equality and tolerance, not dogma, should be used to measure Islamic countries


Al Arabiya 6/23/2015

Looking for change in all the wrong Supreme Court cases

Assoc. Prof. Gerald Rosenberg explains limitations of the Supreme Court to affect social change, in light of upcoming decisions on gay marriage


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