Chicago Sun-Times, January 11, 2017: (Opinion) Mayor: 4,368 shootings have neither one cause nor one cure

“The flip side of this argument holds that long-standing societal ills – particularly generational poverty – are to blame, and if we solve that, we’ll solve crime. It’s undeniably true that decades of disinvestment in certain communities, compounded by segregation and blatant racial discrimination, produced a stubborn form of poverty that breeds hopelessness and diminishes us all. If you look at Pullman, Woodlawn or Bronzeville, you can see the impact jobs and economic growth – and ultimately hope and prosperity – have on reducing violence.”