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Feature
, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
by Mick Dumke
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, Apr 12, 2013
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Chicago’s gun laws keep getting tougher, but more people are breaking them
Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country, but it's not clear what they're accomplishing.
by Mick Dumke
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, Apr 3, 2013
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The Books Issue: Violence
In which we explore works that confront violence in its many forms. Read together or on their own, what do these books have to tell us?
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, 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
by Mara Shalhoup
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Bleader
, Mar 22, 2013
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County board prez: Why are we closing schools and packing the jail?
Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle rips the decision to shutter dozens of Chicago public schools.
by Mick Dumke
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Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?
Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.
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, Feb 15, 2013
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How about a war on the roots of violence?
The people responsible for drug and gang violence follow a pattern: despair.
by Mick Dumke
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, Jan 10, 2013
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
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, Jan 4, 2013
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Demand for gun control surges, and so does demand for guns
Illinois may be the center of our nation's confusing and contradictory approach to firearms
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, Nov 3, 2012
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
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Nov 2, 2012
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
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 26, 2012
Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS
CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 26, 2012
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
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 16, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part five of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part five of five
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 15, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part four of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part four of five
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 14, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part three of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part three of five
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Bleader
, Oct 13, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part two of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part two of five
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The shot that brought the projects down, part one of five
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Music Feature
, Sep 26, 2012
Chief Keef: Chicago's most promising antihero
It might sound crazy, but the notorious, teenage, gun-waving rapper could be a solution for a city struggling with violence
by Leor Galil
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, Sep 6, 2012
Public safety committee meeting avoids discussion of public safety
As the violence continues in Chicago, aldermen target phony military heroes
by Mick Dumke
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