- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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A greener Chicago would be a safer Chicago
Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 17, 2012
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The Reader's Agenda: Wed 10/17
What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, October 17, 2012
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Nonfiction Writer
Alex Kotlowitz
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Sidebar, Jun 6, 2012
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Herding authors at the Printers Row Lit Fest
Two days and a couple square blocks of literacy
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Mar 20, 2012
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Can the virus of violence be filmed?
A gang crimes cop points out what The Interrupters missed
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 5, 2012
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In this week's Reader: Our fifth annual Photo Issue
What's in the January 5th, 2012 issue of the Reader
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Jan 5, 2012
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Ordinary people, and the extraordinary journalists who write about them
For some writers, respect for your subject means being 'repulsed' by yourself
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 11, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- Movies, Movie Review, Aug 11, 2011
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Movie Review: The Interrupters
Filmmaker Steve James and author Alex Kotlowitz team up for a documentary about short-circuiting street violence
- Movies, Movie Feature, Jul 7, 2011
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The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 23, 2011
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Best local nonfiction writer
Rea Frey voted best local nonfiction writer
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2011
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Story Week Festival of Writers: Chicago Classics
Columbia College's Story Week Festival of Writers closes with Chicago Classics
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2011
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The Interrupters
Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz tail former gang members addressing urban violence as a public health crisis in the Kartemquin Films documentary "The Interrupters," premiering Friday 1/21 at the Sundance Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 23, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 2/23
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2009
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Aleksandar Hemon & Audrey Niffenegger on Chicago, 9/14, and more Granta events
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 11, 2009
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Rings of poverty
- Blogs, Bleader, May 5, 2008
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Distributed gangbanging pt. 3
Alex Kotlowitz profiles CeaseFire, Chicago's turn-the-other-cheek SWAT team.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 1, 2007
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Murdoch Creeps Up on the Journal
Does Rupert Murdoch get the Journal well enough to preserve it?
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 27, 2006
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Best of Chicago blogging
Alex Kotlowitz on the Wire, Scott Gordon on the CTA, and Mike Klonsky on the 16-minute gym class.
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