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VideoObama Twitter Account Re-Tweets Picture Of John Lennon’s Blood-Stained Glasses
by Jorge Rivas on March 22 2013, 11:31AM
The tweet included a note that read “Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.”
Chicago Bulls Star Derrick Rose to Pay For Funeral of Slain 6 Month Old
by Jamilah King on March 14 2013, 10:18AM
Jonylah Watkins was shot multiple times.
Topics: /NOW Blog
It’s Not Just Chicago: 100 Youth Homicides in Miami Since 2009
by Julianne Hing on March 5 2013, 3:48PM
Eighty-one of them were the result of gun-related incidents.
Obama’s Fatherhood Meme Ruffles Otherwise Ardent Supporters
by Jamilah King on February 20 2013, 10:43AM
Critics are asking why the president sees family structure as the gun problem in Chicago, but not in Newton.
Topics: Chicago, Criminal Justice, Guns
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Why Do Black and Latino Youth Struggle in School? [Reader Forum]
by Nia King on February 18 2013, 8:00AM
Colorlines readers suggest solutions to gun violence and overly punitive measures for school children.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Obama Pushes for Slow, Steady Progress to Combat Chicago’s Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 4:55PM
The president made an important stop in Chicago today.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama’s Chicago Guns Speech and the Value of Black and Latino Lives
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 8:57AM
President Obama has answered Chicago’s call to come home and address the city’s epidemic of gun violence. But will he lay out a plan for substantive reform?
Topics: Schools & Youth
5 Must-Know Facts About Chicago’s Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 15 2013, 8:55AM
The city’s carnage disproportionately impacts black and Latino youth.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Obama Plans Chicago Speech to Address Gun Violence
by Jamilah King on February 11 2013, 10:51AM
The president is finally going home to address one of the country’s most pressing issues.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Dispatch from Chicago: Stop the Violence…But How?
by Jamilah King on February 7 2013, 8:42AM
As the city becomes the face of urban gun violence, those working directly with the youth being killed struggle for satisfying answers.
Topics: Chicago, Criminal Justice, Dispatches, Guns, Schools & Youth
What’s the Best Way to Prevent Another Sandy Hook? [Reader Forum]
by Nia King on January 22 2013, 8:31AM
Colorlines readers responds to the White House’s proposals to prevent gun violence.
Five Myths About Crime in Black America—and the Statistical Truths
by Hatty Lee, Shani O. Hilton on April 13 2012, 8:47AM
Trayvon Martin’s killing stirred many debates about crime surrounding black men. It also kicked up many familiar misconceptions, like the idea that black-on-black crime is uniquely bad. Hatty Lee’s infographic breaks down the realities.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth, Trayvon Martin
Thousands of Young Black Men Die in Gun Crimes Every Year
by Hatty Lee on March 28 2012, 9:00AM
For all the talk of hoodies and school suspensions and who punched whom first, one thing stands above the rest in Trayvon Martin’s death: There was a gun involved, and that’s a terribly common feature in the deaths of young black men.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth, Trayvon Martin
Zurana Horton’s Murder Gives Brooklyn a Ground Zero of Gun Terror
by Curtis Stephen on November 1 2011, 9:45AM
When a 34-year-old mom was gunned down by stray bullets, her murder gripped the city and made global headlines. The news cycle has moved on, but Brownsville remains as flooded as ever with guns.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Dispatches, Guns
Chicago CBS Affiliate Makes 4-yr.-old Sound Like a Thug, Says Sorry
by Jorge Rivas on August 1 2011, 12:01PM
Turns out the kid who supposedly bragged about wanting to have a gun when he grows up really said he wants to be a police officer. The station acknowledges “mistakes were made.”
Topics: Media
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