{"product_id":"9781641605991-the-city-is-up-for-grabs","title":"The City Is Up for Grabs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago is a world-class city but it is also a city in crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Crime is up, schools have repeatedly shut down due to conflict between City Hall and the powerful teachers’ union, and COVID-19 only deepened the entrenched poverty, institutional racism, and endless tug of war between the city’s haves and have nots.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Enter first-term mayor and rookie politician Lori Lightfoot, who found herself at the center of this storm. A groundbreaking figure as the first Black, gay woman to be elected mayor of a major city and only the second female mayor of Chicago, she knew the city was at a critical turning point when she took office in 2019. But the once-in-a-lifetime challenges she ended up facing were beyond anything she or anyone else saw coming. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Gregory Pratt offers a behind-the-scenes look at the tumultuous single term of Mayor Lightfoot and the chaos roiling the city and City Hall as Chicago fights to remain a global city.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUltimately, the mayor’s temper, inability to build alliances, and inexperience have deepened the city’s vulnerabilities, leaving her isolated and throwing the city’s future into question.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41590914809953,"sku":"9781641605991","price":26.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29614548.jpg?v=1725609454","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781641605991-the-city-is-up-for-grabs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}