Dupage Policy Journal

Don’t let violence prevention programs become a fatal distraction in the quest to make Chicago safe again

By Matt Rosenberg, Wirepoints | Mar 7, 2023

Chicago: it’s time to get back to basics.

Justice delayed: legal challenge to SAFE-T Act postponed as judge waits on Gov. Pritzker

By Matt Rosenberg, Wirepoints | Dec 13, 2022

Last week the Illinois House and Senate approved amendments to the controversial criminal justice reform law the SAFE-T Act.

Poor communities bear the brunt of crime unleashed by Cook County bail reform and the SAFE-T Act: New Manhattan Institute report

By Matt Rosenberg, Wirepoints | Nov 29, 2022

Bail reform has already come in various forms

More failure at Chicago Public Schools: About one-third of traditional schools are half empty or worse

By Matt Rosenberg, Wirepoints | Aug 9, 2022

Teachers union power politics, weak  administrations, and absent political leadership have left Chicago  Public Schools with a glaring and intractable problem: increasingly  empty, failing schools. Of CPS’ 478 stand-alone “traditional” or non-charter, non-contract schools, one third of them, 150, are less than half-full, according to CPS.

Chicago carjackings on pace for a 22-year high – and they’re getting more and more weaponized

By Matt Rosenberg, Wirepoints | Jul 19, 2022

Chicago’s growing carjacking problem  is a microcosm of what’s gone wrong in the city.