How to boost a neighbourhood, simply but radically
Entirely by coincidence, I heard about a “radically simple way to boost a [poor] neighbourhood” in Chicago shortly after the city elected as its mayor a man who believes that surging crime can and should be tackled by economic and community development, more social workers and mental health professionals.
On April 4, Brandon Johnson won the Chicago mayoral election because, rather than despite his bold plans for regeneration and fighting crime.
On April 5, Steven Dubner’s Freakonomics covered the remarkable developments that have occurred on the south side of Chicago in the past two years simply because one company decided to live its diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) rhetoric. The south side is one of the poorest, most crime-ridden parts of the city.
After Roger Hochschild, CEO of American credit card company Discover heard professor and race historian Ibram X Kendi …
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