On July 4, 2023, the hottest day on earth, residents of Highland Park gathered in front of their city hall to remember the victims of the massacre that took place there a year earlier. There was music, a moment of silence, and Mayor Nancy Rotering spoke of the damage done by a single gun in […]
Tag: gun violence
Posted inNews & Politics
The unsung women healing Chicago
In communities reeling from gun violence, Black women caregivers do work that is often underpaid, undervalued, and hidden from public view.
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Shooting ourselves in the foot
Harsh penalties for gun crimes don’t make communities safer.
Posted inNews & Politics
Young people dream up a safer summer in Chicago
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago’s gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city.
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A bloody Independence Day in Highland Park
Nothing was said about it on the July 4 television interviews I saw, but among the security experts interviewed during coverage of the Highland Park parade shooting, one face and name had resonance. Crisis management expert and former FBI agent Phil Andrew survived another mass shooting in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs, more than three decades […]
Posted in2022 Primary Elections
Second time’s the charm?
Gun-violence advocate Kina Collins takes another run at Danny Davis.
Posted inOpinion
Op-Ed: Chicago doesn’t need more curfews and criminalization
Instead, we need to address the root cause of violence: inequality.
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State budget impasse linked to 2016 homicide spike
Advocates say sustained funding is vital to violence reduction.
Posted inMusic
On the new 25, Chicago drill star G Herbo proves his skills haven’t suffered from his celebrity
Chicago rapper Herbert Wright III, better known as G Herbo, has become the kind of public figure whose smallest social media movement is fodder for the content mill. When Herb’s girlfriend, Taina Williams, recently blocked him on Instagram, the nonevent inspired blog posts at Complex, HotNewHipHop, and Bossip. Thankfully, whatever strains and pressures come with […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Power, violence, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial
This year may end the unstoppable homage to dead white men and narratives that neglect how architecture has victimized communities of color.
Posted inArts & Culture
In An American Summer, Alex Kotlowitz creates a portrait of a city battling intractable ills
He doesn’t offer solutions, but he’s an empathetic witness to the damage done by violence.
Posted inNews & Politics
‘This is a march of civil disobedience’ [PHOTOS]
On the ground at the August 2 protest that shut down Lake Shore Drive on its way to Wrigley Field.
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Caught between black and blue
Was the police shooting of Harith Augustus justified? Is Blue Lives Matter for white cops only? Three black Chicago-area officers talk about what things look like from where they stand.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago students plan another walkout Friday despite suspension threat
Students across the city plan to leave class and gather in Grant Park Friday to protest gun violence.
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A Chicago cop’s daughter’s suicide sets family on mission
Carli Blanco shot herself to death at 14, highlighting the growing teen suicide risk.