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Harper High School; Courtesy of Harper High School website
March 29, 2013 | What Matters Today
Last year, 29 current and recent students of Chicago's Harper High School were shot. Eight of them died. What's it like to live amidst persistent gun violence?
Sudhir Venkatesh
January 30, 2013 | Group Think
Sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh says the self-policing citizens carry out unconsciously in lively, well-trafficked public spaces is one of the cheapest and best ways to fight violent crime.
Tracey_Meares
January 30, 2013 | Group Think

the mapping of conflicts and gangs can help police target their resources, as opposed to engaging in a blunderbuss strategy such as stop and frisk, which tends to alienate the mostly minority residents of neighborhoods that most need positive relationships with their law enforcement agents. MORE

Alex Kotlowitz
January 30, 2013 | Group Think
Author Alex Kotlowitz says we need to widen the window of opportunity for the urban poor.
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January 16, 2013 | Group Think

In this Group Think, experts suggest factors that both contribute to and curb gun violence in America’s inner cities. MORE

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January 4, 2013

From Portland to Philadelphia, city mayors are addressing climate change on their own turfs. Continue reading

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, and Illinois delegates cheer as Senate candidate from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
September 6, 2012 | Money & Politics

What will be the impact of Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, joining forces with a pro-Obama super PAC? Continue reading

Shiesha_Still
June 26, 2012 | Nuns on the Bus

Nuns on the Bus visits Mercy Housing in Chicago, and meets Shiesha Smith, one of its success stories, Continue reading

Joe Ricketts, second from left, and family members at Wrigley Field in 2010. From left are Laura Ricketts, Joe Ricketts, Marlene Ricketts, Todd Ricketts, Tom Ricketts and Pete Ricketts. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
May 18, 2012 | Money & Politics

A billionaire and his super PAC are backpedaling after a proposed ad campaign leaked to The New York Times provokes a firestorm of controversy — and repudiation. Continue reading

Studs Terkel
May 16, 2012 | News & Notes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer would have been 100 years old today. Bill Moyers reflects on his friend in this classic clip.
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