Lightfoot goes from Chicago mayor to educating well being at Harvard

Ousted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot shall be educating a well being course at Harvard University this fall, The Harvard Gazette introduced this week.

Ms. Lightfoot misplaced her reelection bid in February after main the nation’s third-largest metropolis through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although she closed hair salons and barbershops to purportedly thwart the virus, she got here underneath scrutiny for getting her hair carried out whereas her constituents couldn’t.

“I’m the public face of this city. I’m on national media and I’m out in the public eye,” Ms. Lightfoot stated, defending her trim throughout lockdown.

Among her accomplishments, The Harvard Gazette factors to “public safety.”

Chicago, although, noticed excessive crime underneath her management. According to WBEZ radio, the Windy City led the nation in mass shootings in 2021.

The Harvard paper additionally touted Ms. Lightfoot’s work for pay.

“In August of 2021, Lightfoot secured a $15 minimum wage for most workers in Chicago, including domestic workers, years ahead of the state’s planned phase-in of a living wage,” The Gazette wrote.