Darius Jones ,senior advisor at National Black Empowerment Action Fund: Illinois has enacted some of the nation’s most progressive laws, including legalizing adult-use cannabis and pairing emissions-reduction requirements with workforce development programs. There has been some progress, but neither effort is faring well.
Locally, at least four “ black owned “ businesses have open and closed within the space of a year or so. Just saying.
The Railroader
1 year ago
Alas. I can’t read the article. I will not intentionally pay for woke garbage.
Free at Last
1 year ago
Yes liberal policies have done wonders for blacks in Illinois. Look at how much better off they are than they were 100 or even 50 years ago. So much more affluent. So much more educated. So much less dependent on government handouts. Yes, few conservative policies can compare to the absolute success that the liberal policies have been for blacks. And the blacks are so woke that they can see clearly how much better they are doing. I mean Lawndale, Englewood, South Austin and Garfield park are gleaming examples to the world of the success of liberal policies. Apparently the… Read more »
debtsor
1 year ago
Kind of absurd to think that legal cannabis and climate change initiatives would “change the lives and the futures of Black residents” as the article suggests. Progressive initiatives are always crap.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Locally, at least four “ black owned “ businesses have open and closed within the space of a year or so. Just saying.
Alas. I can’t read the article. I will not intentionally pay for woke garbage.
Yes liberal policies have done wonders for blacks in Illinois. Look at how much better off they are than they were 100 or even 50 years ago. So much more affluent. So much more educated. So much less dependent on government handouts. Yes, few conservative policies can compare to the absolute success that the liberal policies have been for blacks. And the blacks are so woke that they can see clearly how much better they are doing. I mean Lawndale, Englewood, South Austin and Garfield park are gleaming examples to the world of the success of liberal policies. Apparently the… Read more »
Kind of absurd to think that legal cannabis and climate change initiatives would “change the lives and the futures of Black residents” as the article suggests. Progressive initiatives are always crap.