Okafor calls this social network discrimination, and his findings show that colorblind approaches alone don’t create equal opportunity. Policies and hiring practices must account for network-based barriers to achieve true fairness. Read the policy brief: www.ipr.northwestern.edu/documents/po...

A study by @drchikaokafor.bsky.social shows that even when employers ignore race and workers have the same qualifications, racial gaps still appear through people’s social networks. Smaller minority groups often have fewer referral connections, resulting in fewer job opportunities and lower wages.

Making invisible inequality visible is how we know where to intervene. The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend itself—WE bend it.

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This study points to the urgent need to prevent these shootings from ever happening—and the importance of providing ongoing mental health support for students who survive them. Click here to read the policy brief: www.ipr.northwestern.edu/images/polic...

A study by @nueconomics.bsky.social’s Molly Schnell and Max Pienkny, @sesp-nu.bsky.social's Hannes Schwandt, & Stanford’s Maya Rossin-Slater finds that after a fatal school shooting, youth prescriptions for depression and anxiety medications rose by over 25% and stayed elevated for up to 5.5 years.