Chicago

Graduation Part III: Rocky Lane

You Are Not Alone

Al Sharpton advances plan to move to Chicago to combat violence

Graduation Part II: Vanette W

Student-led organization speaks up for quality education

Graduation: Voices and Images of Chicago Youth Violence

Radio piece explores invisible gang lines

Family wins fight to rename school after Jesse Owens

Fifth man charged in mass shooting at Chicago park

Gun Violence: Not Just A Black Peoples’ Problem

4 Charged in Massive Shooting That Wounded 13

Congressional Black Caucus Holds Emergency Summit on Chicago Violence

Kanye West and Rhymefest Team Up for Free Music Writing Program for Chicago Youth

RACE. JUSTICE. POWER: Through the Lens of the Trayvon Martin Case and Its Relevance to Chicago

Illinois Passes Concealed-Carry Law

New Program Allows Public to Send Chicago Police Crime Tips Via Text and Twitter

Summer Surge in Gun Violence Forces Chicago Hospital to Hold Blood Drive

At Least 73 People Shot in Chicago Over 4th of July Weekend

Lupe Fiasco to Chicago Grads: “You have graduated from one of the most terrible, substandard school systems in the entire world”

Hadiya Pendleton’s Parents Discuss Chicago Gun Violence Crisis

Mother Watches Police Shoot Black Teen Hours After Her Own Was Killed By Cops

7 Killed, 41 Injured, In Chicago’s Most Violent Weekend of the Year

Multiple Shootings in Chicago

Bullet Intended for Alleged Gang Member Strikes 9 Year-Old

REPORT: 75 Percent of Students Arrested in Chicago Public Schools Are Black

Rhymes and Reasons Interviews Jacinda Bullie About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her Life

CeaseFire Director Ousted After Being Charged w/ Domestic Battery

18 Year-Old Dionte Maxwell Shot and Killed When Strangers Crashed Family BDay Party

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

Bobby Rush Calls IL Sen. Kirk’s Chicago Gang Plan “Upper-Middle Class, Elitist White Boy Solution”

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