Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot rightly wants to turn back Chicago’s troubling exodus of Black residents. But her recent proposal to hold a “reunion weekend” to invite Black folks who have left to just “come back home,” strikes us as a surprisingly naive way for a mayor to recoup a lost population of at least 100,000 people. Lightfoot made the comment, perhaps off the cuff, while moderating a virtual panel that discussed rebuilding wealth on Chicago’s chronically disinvested — and predominantly Black and Brown — South and West sides. Editorials It was a thoughtful discussion but then the mayor came out of left field with this: