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  • 1 week ago | illinoisanswers.org | Jim Daley

    CHICAGO — On a recent Tuesday, dozens of people lined the block waiting their turn at a food pantry that shares a building with the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC). The long line was a stark reminder of the connections between poverty and violence cited by researchers and advocates, and a major part of why INVC and similar organizations include workforce development in their programming.

  • 2 weeks ago | southsideweekly.com | Jim Daley

    La semana pasada, el alcalde Brandon Johnson realizó una intensa campaña mediática para conmemorar el segundo aniversario de su inauguración.

  • 2 weeks ago | thetriibe.com | Jim Daley

    This story was co-published in partnership with The TRiiBE. Click here to read what teens have to say about how they’re treated downtown, and here to read about what happened to teen third spaces. Do curfews increase public safety? What scant research there is has found mixed results in the United States.

  • 2 weeks ago | southsideweekly.com | Jim Daley

    Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson did a media blitz to mark the second anniversary of his inauguration. Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) organizer and Cook County Commissioner, was carried to City Hall by the support of labor organizers, activists, Black voters on the South and West Sides, and progressive white voters on the North Side in an election where about 40 percent of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • 2 weeks ago | southsideweekly.com | Jim Daley

    Last week, Mayor Brandon sat down with Weekly Investigations Editor Jim Daley to discuss his first two years in City Hall. This is the complete transcript of that conversation, edited lightly for clarity. Jim Daley: What achievements in your first two years are you proudest of? Mayor Johnson: The first thing is that, my top priority is to keep people safe in the city of Chicago, and historically, we’ve been challenged with disinvestment that has, I believe, has played a part in violence.

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