The one thing that I hope is obvious to everyone is that mainstream American politics lacks a way to resolve this problem. Often political solutions make the pr

The one thing that I hope is obvious to everyone is that mainstream American politics lacks a way to resolve this problem. Often political solutions make the problem worse. What's unique about Chicago, I think, isn't the discrepancy in life expectancy but the visibility of it. Chicago's segregation of outcomes is much more visible for historical reasons including being a Northern city, being a city of millions and being a city in the Midwest. My hope is that Chicago's fix can be applied to the rest of the country.