- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Apr 3, 2013
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A history of gang violence: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation
A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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The economic argument against drug prohibition
An interview with University of Chicago economist and vice specialist Jim Leitzel
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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Drug arrests drop in Chicago but still snare thousands in black neighborhoods
While Mexican cartel leader "Chapo" Guzman is public enemy number one, most drug busts still snag street-level players.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 3, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- Movies, Movie Critic's Choice, Oct 10, 2012
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Just Say No More
Eugene Jarecki's documentary The House I Live In exposes the hopelessness and racism of the drug war
- Music, Music Sidebar, Sep 11, 2012
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The first Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest
If you've got tickets already, you can see Wilco, Lee Fields, Kelly Hogan, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 15, 2012
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Who wants to live next to a grow house?
Not many people want to live next to a serious marijuana operation
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 8, 2012
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The grow house next door
Two teachers. Two hundred marijuana plants. Two years in court.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 1, 2012
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The deeper drug war
There's a more cynical problem than the war on drugs
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2012
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Rahm announces another "new initiative" that's decades old
The mayor's plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley "introduced" in 1992
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 27, 2012
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City Council votes to lower penalties on pot possession
The Chicago City Council passed a measure to soften penalties for low-level pot possession by a 43 to 3 vote
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 13, 2012
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Chicago's crime problem: A matter of "perception"
If Chicago's crime problem is only a matter of "perception," then why are police being asked to work extra patrols on their days off?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2012
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Drug arrests on top of drug arrests
Chicago police officials keep announcing more drug busts, but it's not clear what's actually changed on the street
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2012
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The politics of drug busts
The Emanuel administration gets aggressive about displaying dope on the table
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2012
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'The mayor doesn't know who we are'
Is Rahm Emanuel aware that Chicago already has a community policing program?
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2012
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Rahm Emanuel declares another war on drugs
Mayor Emanuel and police superintendent Garry McCarthy vow an assault on drug dealers and users
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 7, 2012
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The land of lockups
Illinois keeps incarcerating more nonviolent offenders—and it's costing you money
