Topic: Violence

Fierce faith

They came to Humboldt Park at a time when it was teeming with nuns and screaming with need. They moved...

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Posted May 3, 2017

Finding their VOYCE

One day during his sophomore year at Kelly High School in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood, Carlil Pittman lagged behind in...

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Posted May 3, 2017

Behind closed doors

What does Allison French, a social worker in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, think the most common intrapersonal crime in Chicago is...

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Posted May 3, 2017

One call away

Tiffiani Turner drives up from the South Side of Chicago every day to work her 7 a.m. shift at the...

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Posted April 6, 2017

Reaching out

When Rev. Brenda Adele Collins Sheriff was 16-years old, she was peacefully walking with her family at Rainbow Beach at...

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Posted April 6, 2017

Saving grace

Grace Donovan stares at the piles of case files spread across her office desk. She leads a busy life as...

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Posted April 6, 2017

Chiraq

Chi-Raq. The most dangerous city in America. The murder capital of the United States. Titles like these make people think...

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Posted April 6, 2017

Detention drop

Candace Moore is optimistic about the drop in suspension and expulsion rates in Chicago Public Schools, but worries that the...

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Posted April 6, 2017

Media power

David Olson sees it splashed across the front pages every week: 2016 has been Chicago’s most violent year in two...

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Posted April 6, 2017

SMART kids

Briana was a young, “nerdy” girl, who struggled to fit in with her classmates and often got made fun of...

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Posted March 28, 2017

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