On October 21, 2021, IRRPP held an event where panelists discussed how those working inside and outside the criminal justice system are mobilizing data in new ways to change policy. The event included…
Join IRRPP and co-sponsors for a two-part December 1st & 9th virtual panel conversation about our latest report "Deadly Disparities in the Days of COVID-19: How Public Policy Fails Black & Latinx Chicagoans"
Calling on all UIC faculty who research racial or ethnic inequities to join IRRPP on October 6 at 2:00pm, for a virtual conversation about engaged research. We will discuss what we have learned…
In an article in Jadaliyya, Nadine Naber & Junaid Rana call for struggles against racism in the US to integrate an analysis of anti-Muslim actions as racism rather than filter these through the prism of national or religious difference.
On March 8, 2021, IRRPP held an event in celebration of International Women’s Day to honor the often invisible mothering and caretaking labor that has been essential to Chicago-based movements for racial justice…
In a new article in Jadaliyya, Nadine Naber calls for a “root-cause” approach to allow us to envision structural changes that can ensure not only an end to anti-Arab bigotry but also a world where anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism become unimaginable.
In a new op-ed in Crain's, we point out that IRRPP's new report shows that declining public support for higher education is a textbook example of structural discrimination, with a disproportionate negative impact on Black and Latinx young people.
On April 21 at 3:00pm, join IRRPP and the Health Humanities Program at the College of Medicine for a talk by Northwestern University professor Steven Thrasher who will present a chapter from his…
The Great Migration “reminds us of the fact that the main thing that Black folks in this country have been trying to do for their entire existence in the U.S. is striving for access to all the opportunities other folks have.”
On February 24, 2021, IRRPP presented findings from our report on the racial wealth gap centering the life experiences of middle class Black, Latinx, and White families to demonstrate that there is much…
