- 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 15, 2013
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State rep La Shawn Ford, advocate for ex-offenders, hopes he doesn't become one
A drive through the west side with indicted state rep La Shawn Ford
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 1, 2013
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School closings: The latest blow to neighborhoods already reeling from disinvestment
What's the cost of pulling the plug on public services in neighborhoods desperately in need of them?
- Music, Music Feature, Feb 20, 2013
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Tim'm West and the masculine mystique
In his career as a hip-hop artist—and now through his work at the Center on Halsted—West has demonstrated that there's more than one way to be a black gay man.
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 14, 2013
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Anatomy of a heroin ring
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- 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, 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2012
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City sheds hundreds more jobs in black and Hispanic neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel's belt tightening
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 30, 2012
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Blight, politics, and hope on the west side
The story behind a vacant building turned into public art
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 17, 2012
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Looking for work in East Garfield Park
A glimpse of joblessness on the west side
- 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, Sep 21, 2010
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Cheat You Fair
Phil Ranstrom holds a release party Wednesday for his documentary "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street"
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 17, 2007
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Tension growing on the west side
West-side leaders disagree on how much tension there is between police and angry residents.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 9, 2007
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The case of the runaway hospital
Advocate Health pulls back from the west side and heads for Lake County.
