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Title: A World-Class City: A Financial Blueprint for the City that Chicagoans Deserve
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Whether it’s digging out of their alleys after a big snowstorm or marching in the streets to win an eight-hour work day, Chicagoans have a rich tradition of coming together to take care of their communities. But when mayors like Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have talked about turning Chicago into a “world-class city”, this has typically meant passing neoliberal policies to attract wealthy, white professionals, and big, multinational corporations to the city, while ignoring the needs of the people who call Chicago home, especially the city’s communities of color. But a city that is truly world-class is one that takes care of its residents. Chicagoans should not have to worry who will take care of their kids when they go to work or how to pay for pre-K to set up their kids for success. In a world-class city, every child under the age of fve should have access to free early childhood education. Students should not have to work two or three jobs to put themselves through college. A world-class education is one in which every high school graduate can attend college for free. Chicagoans should not have to worry how they will get to work, whether they have a ride to the doctor’s ofce, or who will pick up their kids from school. Chicagoans deserve a world-class public transit system in which everyone can ride the city’s trains and buses for free, and those trains and buses go to all parts of the city and get there on time. No Chicagoan should have to wonder where they will rest their head at night. A world-class city ensures every resident has a home. As the Daley-Emanuel era in Chicago politics comes to a close, Chicagoans need to come together and demand that the city’s new elected leaders make the city truly world-class by implementing policies that will improve the . . .
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Authors: Bhatti, Saqib; Goodwin, Alyxandra
Publisher: Action Center on Race & the Economy
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