Michael Frerichs and Harold Pollack: More Illinoisans with disabilities can now save and invest
A new law allows more Illinoisans with disabilities to save and invest to increase independence and improve quality of life.
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Harold Pollack: I studied the high male suicide rate. Then I lost my friend to it.
We middle-aged and older men face higher suicide rates than are found among our teenage sons and grandsons, or among women at any age.
Researchers: How to fight racial segregation? End exclusionary zoning in Illinois.
In large swaths of Illinois’ towns and cities, exclusionary zoning laws block the construction of affordable multifamily housing.
Harold Pollack and Jason Lerner: Here’s why Chicago needs a Mayor’s Office for Medicaid
Mayor Brandon Johnson has advanced an ambitious agenda that has the potential to improve millions of lives across Chicagoland. The new administration has a particularly valuable opportunity given the political...
Researchers: Illinois lawmakers shouldn’t rob 911 funds to pay for 988 hotline
Imagine that you or your family experience a real emergency. Maybe your partner is having a heart attack. Maybe your kitchen is on fire. Maybe someone is trying to break...
All you need to tame your finances can fit on an index card
Four years ago, in a blog conversation with finance writer Helaine Olen, I joked that the best financial advice for most people is available for free in the library and...
Arab terror
It is difficult for Israel to find a peace partner among the Palestinian people. When anyone has the nerve to dissent among the Palestinians, he is summarily executed as an...