(Opinion) Chicago needs a war on poverty to stop the violence
“We already knew that the violence in Chicago is concentrated in communities where people lack basic resources. But a new report from the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance, for the first time, gives us a definitive look at how poverty, violence and trauma are interrelated. The report, ‘Cycle of Risk: The Intersection of Poverty, Violence, and Trauma,’ argues that the surge of violence in Chicago cannot be stopped without first understanding its root cause, which first and foremost, is poverty.”