How Chicago Broke the Neoliberal Fever
“Emanuel’s tenure also highlighted the extreme racial dimension [politicalresearch.org] of neoliberal policy, as communities of color already enduring disinvestment and endemic poverty faced increasing criminalization and demonization, especially for Black youth. This directly added to the crisis of police violence and mass incarceration. Meanwhile, Emanuel enriched his Wall Street backers, shut down half of the city’s public mental health clinics, closed a record number of public schools and went to war with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).”