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WATCH: Emanuel Attends Memorial For 260 Chicago Children Killed By Violence

Posted 01.02.2012

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was among the attendees at a Monday memorial honoring some 260 Chicago Public School students killed by violence during the...

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Top 4 Media Exploitations Of Black Children

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 10.30.2011

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Oftentimes the news is not newsworthy. A lot of times it’s just entertainment. Sometimes the media will exploit children for ratings, whether it ...

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Last Suspect Sentenced In Derrion Albert's Murder

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.29.2011

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CHICAGO — The last suspect convicted in the 2009 videotaped beating death of a Chicago honors student was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison...

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Man Sentenced To 32 Years In Honor Student's Beating Death

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 09.18.2011

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CHICAGO — A Chicago man convicted in the 2009 videotaped beating death of a high school honors student was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Tu...

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Chicago Youth Program Fights Violence With Employment

Posted 05.26.2011

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Nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year in Chicago, according to a report by NPR. NPR has been chronicling the efforts by Chicago schools, p...

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Man Gets 32 Years In Slaying Of CPS Student Caught On Tape

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO -- A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 32 years in prison in the fatal beating of a high school honors student that was caught on video. C...

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Derrion Albert Trial Begins: Teen Accused Of Fatally Beating Fenger Student In Court Tuesday

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The trial of a teen charged in the beating death of a 16-year-old Chicago honor student began Tuesday with jurors watching a video sho...

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Teen Sentenced To 26 Years In Prison For Role In Honor Student's Slaying

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A Chicago teenager who pleaded guilty Friday to participating in the beating death of a high school honor student that was caught on v...

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Teen Sentenced In Derrion Albert's Fatal Beating

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A 15-year-old found guilty in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student will be confined to a juvenile detention center...

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Teen Convicted In Honor Student's Beating Death Weeps In Courtroom

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Again and again defense attorneys and prosecutors played the same graphic video of 16-year-old Derrion Albert being beaten to death &n...

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Teen Denies Roll In Honor Student's Murder

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A man accused of fatally beating a high school honors student who walked into a Chicago street brawl was convicted of murder late Tues...

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Trial Begins For Another Teen Charged In Derrion Albert's Murder

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The trial began Monday for a second suspect in the beating death of a Chicago teenager, with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashin...

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Wisdom 2.0 Panel Explores The Power Of New Media For Inner And Outer Transformation

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

What are the actual up- and downsides of social media's impact on spiritual awareness, compassion, authentic interconnection and social transformation?

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Derrion Albert Murder Trial: Video Of Fatal Beating Shown In Court

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — After deliberating for little more than half an hour, a jury convicted a 15-year-old boy of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2009 ...

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15-Year-Old Convicted Of Murder For Throwing Possibly Fatal Punch

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — He threw a single punch at Derrion Albert. But that punch in the midst of an attack by an angry mob that would kick, punch, stomp and...

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Derrion Albert, 1 Year Later: Student's Death Brought National Attention To CPS Violence

Chicagoist | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a heinous act of violence, one captured on video, shown around the county (and the world), and one that was sadly symbolic of the violence Chic...

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An Illegitimate Response to Chicago's Youth Violence

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Petro

A Manhattan Institute writer argues that any money spent on social services will be wasted until poor, black Chicagoans stop the prevalence of "unwed pregnancy" and the "culture of illegitimacy."

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Lapoleon Colbert: Fifth Teen Charged In Beating Death Of Fenger Student

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

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A fifth teen has been charged in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert, authorities said tonight. Lapoleon Colbert, 19, wa...

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Teens Charged In Derrion Albert Beating Death Plead Not Guilty

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three young men accused of beating a Chicago Public School student to death in a high profile case have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them...

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All the News That's Fit to Print

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Jones

By reporting the facts, we can, as a society, stop what is really causing young inner city girls to believe that their economic worth extends no further than child assistance checks.

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Neighborhood School Carver Will Be Opened To Some Fenger Students Following Derrion Albert's Death

Chicago Breaking News | Azam Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools announced today it will open enrollment at a South Side military academy for students who no longer want to attend Fenger High ...

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Is This The Plan To Combat Youth Violence, Killings?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's proposing several plans to curb youth violence, including adding more police officers at schools...

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No Safe Passage: Little Rock to Chicago

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bernardine Dohrn

Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?

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Fenger Students Cleared To Transfer Schools

Chicago Tribune | Angie Leventis Lourgos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ten Chicago Public Schools students who sued the district last month alleging an unsafe environment at Fenger High School will be allowed to transfer ...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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