Minority neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side and West Side face poverty rates of up to 51%.

Poverty in Chicago’s Black community is on the rise despite falling to record lows nationally.

Data shows full-time, year-round employment virtually guarantees Chicagoans will live above the poverty line.

Nearly 60 years after the U.S. began the War on Poverty, the rate of Chicagoans living in poverty is higher than it was before the effort. National poverty rates have fluctuated between 11-15%, defying solutions and perpetuating dependence.

Published Sept. 26, 2023 America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare...