by jaleitze | Sep 13, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
Chicago has a transit access problem. If you go to the North Side, you’ll find there are 55 CTA train stations (“L” stops) for the 25 community areas that make up the region. A few miles down in the South Side, you’ll find there are just 29 CTA train stations for its 42 community areas; 25 of those areas have no stations at all. This discrepancy in rail service leaves thousands of South Side residents without the easy, reliable rail access North Siders can take for granted. An obvious, albeit partial, solution lies in the existing Metra Electric (ME) line, which offers a much-needed track – figuratively and literally – to improving transit access in Chicago.
by jaleitze | Sep 13, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
My feeling of being neglected by the University with respect to my experience with crime near campus certainly didn’t imbue a rosy perception of the administration’s concern for my well-being. While its current efforts to market the University’s safety programs are crucial to promoting various crime mitigation initiatives, improving communication and transparency between the administration and its community will instill greater trust and reassurance.
by jaleitze | Sep 13, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
With large grocery stores making an exodus from Chicago communities, neighborhood residents face increasing instability in food access. The city has an opportunity to reverse this trend with the creation of city-owned grocery stores.
by jaleitze | Sep 13, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
Personalized default diagnoses — nudges — provided by AI can help improve health outcomes in Chicago and the world.
by jaleitze | Sep 13, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
A unioinzation surge is underway among Chicago’s cultural workers. These emerging unions can only succeed with more balanced legislation that protects and prioritizes the rights of workers: a rebalancing that would be brought by the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Workers at the Museum of Science and Industry, workers who have tirelessly brought memorable experiences and quality education to people from around the world for decades, deserve to have sufficient protections for their right to collectively negotiate with their employers.
by jaleitze | Sep 12, 2024 | Academic year 2023/2024
Over 1 in 5 (more than 70,400) students within Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are classified as English Learners – meaning that over a fifth of CPS students are enrolled in bilingual education programs. Yet despite the urgent need for robust and effective bilingual education services, bilingual education in Chicago is struggling, and has been for some time.
