Rob Paral, senior research specialist with UIC’s Great Cities Institute, joined WBEZ’s “Reset” for a segment on the process of redrawing Chicago’s ward maps and what is at stake.
Chicago City Council Starts Remapping Ward Boundaries
What’s really at stake in Chicago’s ward remap
A Crain’s Chicago Business story about the Chicago City Council ward remapping process includes analysis from Rob Paral, senior research specialist with UIC’s Great Cities Institute, who reports on what changes would take place if wards were allocated based solely on Chicago’s demographics.
Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Truthout interviewed Beth Gutelius, research director for the Center for Urban Economic Development and senior researcher at the Great Cities Institute at UIC, in a story about Amazon’s new WorkingWell program, which is designed to address worker’s health issues.
Pritzker Won’t Cut Enhanced COVID Unemployment Benefits As Employers Claim Workforce Shortage
NPR Illinois interviewed Beth Gutelius, research director for the Center for Urban Economic Development at UIC, in a story about Illinois maintaining pandemic-enhanced weekly unemployment benefits as business leaders point to a labor shortage. Gutelius addresses the argument that heightened unemployment benefits keep people from pursuing jobs.
The American Prospect: Worker Centers and Unions
Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and fellow at the Great Cities Institute, is quoted in two recent articles from The American Prospect magazine.
Here’s what you need to know about participatory budgeting
A Chicago Reader article explaining the participatory budgeting process highlights the UIC Great Cities Institute’s work in this area and its role in PB Chicago. Comments from Thea Crum are also included in the story.
Our Chicago: Town hall on keeping Latino youth safe, demands for investment in wake of Adam Toledo shooting
A recent ABC 7 Chicago news story and virtual town hall covering the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo includes perspective from Alex Linares who addresses the need for investment in Chicago communities such as Little Village.
2020 Census Results: Illinois loses population, but not from where you’d think
ABC 7 Chicago interviewed Teresa Córdova in a segment on Illinois’ population loss, including reasons behind the decline, why and where it’s happening, and what can be done to address the issue.
Findings From Great Cities Institute Cited in New York Times Magazine
Findings from a UIC Great Cities Institute report on Black population loss in Chicago are cited a story from The New York Times Magazine that details the author’s Chicago connections and the life expectancy racial gap in the city.
Amazon unionization vote was a referendum on automation — and it’s not over yet
In an op-ed published by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Beth Gutelius and Nik Theodore write that the unionization effort at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama won’t be the last as automation continues.