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News & Politics, Feature Sep 25, 2019
9,008 days

In 2016, more than 2,000 adults who were sent as kids to die in prison were given a second chance. Marshan Allen was one of them.
- By Dylan Walsh
- Tags: Feature, criminal justice, marshan allen, juvenile lifer, supreme court, punishment, Stateville prison, Gangster Disciples, Pontiac Correctional Center, Miller v. Alabama

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 6, 2017
Highlights and lowlights from the eighth annual Chicago Fringe Festival

Jeff Fort and Fred Hampton: A Revolutionary Love Story is among the standouts at this northwest-side showcase for "the untried and the weird."
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Chicago Fringe Festival, Jefferson Park, Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth!, Evil Women, No Exit, #Divahs, Exceptions to Reality, William Pack, magician, sleight of hand, card tricks, Jeff Fort and Fred Hampton: A Revolutionary Love Story, Black Panthers, Gangster Disciples, Steven Long, Steve Berglund, Man, 12 Years a Slave, Mark Toland, Mark Toland: Mind Reader, Narratives of Achromatopsia, Iris Sowlat, achromatopsia, The One Without Words, Prakriti: A History of the Present, Underneath the Lintel, Pat O'Brien, Mr. Dewey, Saved by the Bell, Glen Berger, When That Song Is About You, Julie Soroko, Kinnari Vora, Preeti Veerlapati, Ishta, Work to Do, Andy Monson, Emilie Modaff‏

News & Politics, Feature Aug 31, 2017
Slideshow
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?
- By Lee V. Gaines and Jeffrey Marini
- Tags: Feature, Englewood, Battle of the Blocks, New Canaan Land Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Pervis Thomas, Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, Peoria Street, Union Street, Shari Runner, Chicago Urban League, Terrell Suggs, Richard Devine, David Axelrod, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Paul Rufus, Jello Soraspy, Tatiana Jones, Taylor Jordan, Brian Davis, basketball tournament, Englewood Peace Tournament, violence prevention, Slideshow

News & Politics, Feature Aug 20, 2014
In Chicago's war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Latoya Winters, Shamiya Adams, West Garfield Park, violence, murder, children, East Garfield Park, neighborhoods, poverty, Marillac House, social service agencies, shootings, guns, Sam Walker, gangs, Chicago Tribune, fires, drug dealers, Gangster Disciples, Rockwell Gardens, depression, grieving, childhood trauma, mood disturbances, psychiatric illness, cardiac illness, immunological illness, gastrointestinal illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, stress hormones, childhood development, trauma, toxic stress, Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child, Jame Garbarino, Loyola University, war zones, high-poverty neighborhoods, Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza, after-school programs, playing "funeral", Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development, psychological first aid, class, Boys Hope Girls Hope, Maureen Hallagan, residential programs, Garfield Park, Catholic schools, Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, NIU, Northern Illinois University, sociology, Department of Children and Family Services, DCFS

News & Politics, Feature Jul 30, 2014
A low-level drug dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade

Authorities say Terrance Scott witnessed a double murder—and was intimidated into changing his story.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Terrence Scott, Joan Lefkow, Anthony Sassan, West Humboldt Park, west side, murder, drugs, drug trade, Gangster Disciples, gangs, arrests, drug-related arrests, heroin, Conservative Vice Lords, Traveling Vice Lords, TVLs, CVLs, Jeffrey Scott, Jason Austin, crime, violence, Jody Weis, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Robert Soto, Kathryn Romberg, Cook County Jail, U.S. attorney's office, prosecutions, witnesses, prison, federal prosecutors, Maribel Fernandez-Harvath, drug dealers, neighborhoods

News & Politics, Feature May 27, 2014
The drug warrior

In his three-decade career, Chicago DEA chief Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming. He says that's all the more reason to continue fighting.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Al Capone, Anthony Zizzo, Austin, Barack Obama, Beth Jantz, Bradley University, Breaking Bad, Brothers, cannabis, careers, Chapo Guzman, Chicago Crime Commission, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Tribune, cocaine, Colombia, CPD, crime, DEA, Department of Justice, drug arrests, drug cartels, drug dealers, Drug Enforcement Administration, drug trade, drugs, DuPage County, El Chapo, El Paso, El Paso Times, Eric Holder, Florida, gangs, Gangster Disciples, guns, heroin, heroin overdoses, Jack Riley, Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Juarez, Little Wolf, Mariano Lettieri, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Mazatlán, Mexico, Mexico, Miami Vice, murder, Nedrick Miller, neighborhoods, New Mexico, Notre Dame University, organized crime, Peter Bensinger, prisons, regulations, Robert Berlin, Ronald Reagan, Saint Louis, Sinaloa cartel, Texas, The Outfit, Top Cap, United States-Mexico border, University of Illinois Springfield, Vice Lords, Vine Gilligan, violence, war on drugs, Washington Pines, William Maloney, Willie Lloyd

News & Politics, Politics Dec 23, 2013
The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political 'achievement'

Recognizing some of the most unforgettable deeds by our local elected leaders in 2013
- By Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Board of Education, school closings, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Sun-Times, Park Grill, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Jean-Claude Brizard, South Loop, DePaul University, TIFs, tax increment financing, Mark Kirk, Gangster Disciples, Toni Preckwinkle, Thomson Correctional Facility, 4th Ward, Tim Evans, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Bill Daley, Bruce Rauner, Paul Douglas Alliance, Richard Mell, Deb Mell, City Council, Barack Obama, Chicago White Sox, Jerry Reinsdorf, Ricketts family, Chicago Cubs, baseball

News & Politics, Feature Oct 16, 2013
Do we have the right people locked up?

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 60 Minutes, A.C. Cunningham, aggravated battery, Anita Alvarez, arrests, attempted murder, attorneys, bail, bond court, bond hearings, bonds, books, Boss Pimps, Brad Jett, Byron Champ, Calumet Heights, cannabis, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County, Cook County commissioners, Cook County jail, CPD, crime, David Olson, Dominique Nong, drug offences, drug offenses, electronic monitoring, Fabio Valentini, firearms offences, gangs, Gangster Disciples, gun crimes, guns, handguns, heroin, home confinement, Illinois state law, Illinois Supreme Court, incarceration, jail, John Fritchey, judges, Kewane Gatewood, Laura Sullivan, law students, Loyola University, marijuana, mental health, monetary bonds, neighborhoods, New York City, Northwestern University, Northwestern University Law School, Patrick Reardon, policing, pretrial investigators, prior convictions, prison inmates, prison population, prisons, prosecutors, public defenders, race, Richard M. Daley, shoplifting, Steve Bogira, Tabari Young, Thomas Kilbride, Timothy Evans, Tom Dart, violating probation, violence, Washington, DC, William P. Murphy

News & Politics, Feature May 8, 2013
Audio
Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, 24th Ward, 911, addiction, Anita Alvarez, Antonio Villaraigosa, ATF, Barack Obama's house, basketball, cannabis, CeaseFire, Charlie Beck, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Christopher Koper, City Colleges, City Council, conflict resolution, conflicts, Connie Rice, Cook County state's attorney, CPD, crime, drinking, drug dealing, drug territory, Englewood, Evans Mob, ex-offenders, Frederick Seaton, gang members, gang territory, gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gary McCarthy, George Mason University, Greater Grand Crossing, gun laws, gun violence, guns, Hadiya Pendleton, Hales Franciscan High School, high school basketball, interruption, Jack Tweedle, Kennedy-King College, liquor stores, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Develop, marijuana, Marilyn Pitchford, Michael Chandler, Michael Davis, murder, Napoleon English, neighborhoods, Phil Cline, police overtime, policing, poverty, prison, Project Safe Neighborhoods, punishment, race, Rahm Emanuel, restaurants, Richard M. Daley, roots of violence, Safer Foundation, Sheldon Smith, shootings, social services, South Side, The Crime Report, Tony Wade, Turkey Chop, U.S. attorney, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice, Vice Lords, violence, violence interrupters, Violence Reduction Strategy, West Humboldt Park, Audio

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 3, 2013
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
- Tags: Lit Feature, Natalie Y. Moore, gang rivalries, gang territories, gang boundaries, Lance Williams, Almighty Black P. Stone Nation, Lawrence Hill Books, Blackstone Rangers, Black P. Stone Nation, interviews, Gresham Elementary School, Garret Morgan school, Mahalia Jackson school, Blackstone, Mara Shalhoup, segregation, gangs, Al Sampson, crack, Martin Luther King, Jr., LSD, Lords, Stones, and Disciples, gang coalitions, inter-gang relations, gang violence, neighborhoods, south side, west side, school districts, school closings, history, Blackstones, Stones, WBEZ, Vice Lords, Northeastern Illinois University, Eugene "Bull" Hairston, Jeff Fort, Gangster Disciples, poverty, war on drugs, war on terror, war on poverty, violence, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, black power, civil rights movement, crime, activism, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government

News & Politics, Feature Mar 20, 2013
Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?

Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Jonylah Watkins, crime, urban renewal, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, murder, social roots of violence, historical roots of violence, Woodlawn, explaining violence, proximate causes of violence, Garry McCarthy, gang-related, violence, segregation, Gangster Disciples, Corey Brooks, Dorothy Tucker, Young Money Boys, gang-related violence, segregation-related violence, Jonathan Watkins, neighborhoods, poverty, gangs, Oak Park, Winnetka, DeAngelo Harris, East Garfield Park, Rockwell Gardens, Traveling Vice Lords, Bennie Williams, CPD, Chicago Police Department, drugs

Music, Music Feature Aug 15, 2012
Audio
Tree grows his own way

Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, MC Tree G, Tremaine Johnson, Chicago Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Canaryville, Englewood, Chief Keef, drill, rap, Cabrini-Green, Gangster Disciples, King Cobras, crack, Bronzeville, Marco Dane, Project Mayhem, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Tony Baines, 100% Pure, GLC, Vic Spencer, Naledge, Frank Dukes, Chicago hip-hop, Audio

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9,008 days

In 2016, more than 2,000 adults who were sent as kids to die in prison were given a second chance. Marshan Allen was one of them.

Highlights and lowlights from the eighth annual Chicago Fringe Festival

Jeff Fort and Fred Hampton: A Revolutionary Love Story is among the standouts at this northwest-side showcase for "the untried and the weird."

Slideshow
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?

In Chicago's war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?

A low-level drug dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade

Authorities say Terrance Scott witnessed a double murder—and was intimidated into changing his story.

The drug warrior

In his three-decade career, Chicago DEA chief Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming. He says that's all the more reason to continue fighting.

The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political 'achievement'

Recognizing some of the most unforgettable deeds by our local elected leaders in 2013

Do we have the right people locked up?

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety

Audio
Addicted to guns

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?

A history of gang violence: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation

A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang

Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?

Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.

Audio
Tree grows his own way

Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene

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In 2016, more than 2,000 adults who were sent as kids to die in prison were given a second chance. Marshan Allen was one of them.

Jeff Fort and Fred Hampton: A Revolutionary Love Story is among the standouts at this northwest-side showcase for "the untried and the weird."

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?

Authorities say Terrance Scott witnessed a double murder—and was intimidated into changing his story.

In his three-decade career, Chicago DEA chief Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming. He says that's all the more reason to continue fighting.

Recognizing some of the most unforgettable deeds by our local elected leaders in 2013

How a medieval court system is costing you money—and compromising safety

Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?

A conversation about the five-decade evolution of a Chicago street gang

Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.

Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene

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