For the last six decades, Chicago has been declining in population. The Great Recession ignited the reverse of the previous century's 'Great Migration,' that has brought in wealthy residents from the suburbs while low-income individuals - primarily African Americans that formed the core of the city's working class, have moved to the South. To understand why this is happening and why it's a problem, click on one of the links on either side.

Chicago's gun violence has been falling rapidly since 2018, but many of the reasons for the decline are unknown. Gun violence is a very opaque phenomenon, with myriad causes. However, there are several proven effective strategies, and here's I talk about how to improve and implement them in policy.To understand why this is important, click on one of the links on either side.

Chicago, and Illinois, are rapidly reaching a point where our current pension-budgetary obligations are becoming unsustainable. Excessive government promises, corruption, and little innovation in the way of solving 21st century issues have caused Springfield to become an unreliable player in the coming crisis. To understand why this is happening and why an urgent solution is required, click on one of the links on either side.