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Week 26: Name That Baby
I don’t recall arguing about baby names the last two times. Hannah and Max. In my mind, both kids popped out, we had the names ready to go, and that was that. Boom, done. The names fit, and they stuck. In retrospect it’s impossible to imagine them as anything else. You’d think we’d have this process down pat by now, but this time, we can’t imagine the kid at all…
Ameya Pawar's First Year: The Rookie Alderman on Rahm, Schools, and More
A year into his rookie year as 47th Ward alderman, Ameya Pawar sat down with me in his office on North Lincoln Avenue on a recent Monday evening. Despite pulling an all-nighter—he was writing a paper for a graduate class at the University of Chicago—the 31-year-old energetically listed for me all of his accomplishments and plans as alderman, a job that few expected him to win…
Against the First of the Month: The Case for Twice-Monthly Food Stamps and Afterschool Snacks
Could switching SNAP card refills to twice a month, and increasing afterschool snack programs, decrease disciplinary problems in Chicago Public Schools? A new study—and Obama’s former OMB director—support the idea.
Did the Destruction of Chicago's Public Housing Decrease Violent Crime, Or Just Move It Elsewhere?
A new study from the Urban Institute, led by former UIC prof Susan Popkin, finds a connection between the movement of former public-housing residents, decreased crime in the urban center, and increased crime in relocation neighborhoods. The correlation is strong, but the causation is complex.
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