Faith leaders: Chicago’s investment in community safety will make a crucial difference December 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. We were gratified to see a Chicago mayor introduce a 2025 budget investment of more than $100 million in community safety.
Faith leaders: Chicago must invest in preventing the loss of life to gun violence December 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The time has arrived for Chicago to pass an ordinance to establish an Office of Gun Violence Reduction.
Faith leaders: Chicago lacks checks and balances to executive power October 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Throughout Chicago, the people are raising their voices about a host of issues. We fear those voices are going unheard.
Faith leaders: How do we reduce violence in Chicago? Here are 2 people doing the work. September 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Torrence "Pipe" Jordan and Yolanda Fields are representative of the promise that community violence intervention brings to our city.
Faith leaders: A gun violence prevention office could make a difference in Chicago September 9, 2024 at 3:18 p.m. There is reason for hope that this fall in Chicago, a public health approach to reducing gun violence will finally receive serious attention.
Faith leaders: The Chicago Sky represent our city’s resilience. Let’s pay their players a higher wage. July 19, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The Chicago Sky are the best team in the city right now, but WNBA players face a salary and health gap in professional basketball.
Faith leaders: Where’s the money going for reducing Chicago’s gun violence? June 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The mayor has committed new funding to violence intervention, but many of our partners say they haven't seen a single penny of new funding.
Faith leaders: We can’t let summer events distract us from violence prevention in Chicago May 28, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. Chicago has no structure ensuring that any given mayor see through his or her own gun violence strategy to its conclusion.
Faith leaders: What can we expect from Eileen O’Neill Burke as state’s attorney? April 28, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Eileen O’Neill Burke needs to give specifics on how her office will resist the age-old structures that target and harm minority communities.
Rabbi Seth Limmer: As Passover arrives, how do we heal our divisions? April 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Unless we unite around a shared moral vision for the Middle East, we run the risk of singing praises while God’s creatures perish.