What next, Chicago? : notes of a pissed-off native son
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
361.109773/ROSENBERG,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Post Hill Press, 2021
DESCRIPTION
335 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781642939088, 1642939080, 9781642939088
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Chicago in my blood -- What went wrong? -- Coming home -- Fallow ground: bringing neighborhoods alive again -- Courage is the weapon: crime, courts and cops -- Left behind: K-12 education -- Ubi est mea? Corruption and governance -- The South Side rules
In the fall of 2020, amidst riots, looting, and an alarming uptick in senseless killings, journalist Matt Rosenberg returns to his native Chicago to see if the city can dig itself out of the hot mess it's become after decades of liberal governance