Mayor Brandon Johnson joins a long line of Chicago mayors who’ve begun their new job facing seemingly intractable problems. Only this time, there’s an opportunity to put a powerful tool front and center that is capable of pinpointing and dealing with the thorniest of big-city issues. It’s called data.
As talented Chicagoans roll up their sleeves on issues like public safety, transportation, workers’ rights, housing and more, it’s a perfect opportunity to ask a question that applies to all of their work: How can we leverage the fast-developing power of data and analysis to improve the lives of Chicagoans?
