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Yes, Institutional Violence Does Exist and It Exacerbates Youth Violence

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Violence, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Crime, Youth Violence, Vice Lords, Illinois Charter Schools, Chicago Education Reform, Chicago School Reform, Collins High School, North Lawndale, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

Who in their right mind thought it would be a good educational decision to move black kids from 95% black North Lawndale to Little Village High School in a 95% Latino community? Racial violence was predictable if not guaranteed.

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Ohio Bar Shootout (VIDEO): Fight Escalates Into Showdown With Five Gunmen

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Bar Violence, Gun Violence, University of Toledo, Toledo Bar Brawl, Video, Gunmen, Ohio, Violence, Bar Shootout, Route 66 Kitchen, Toledo Bar Shootout Video, Home News

(AP) TOLEDO, Ohio -- A wild shootout involving at least five gunmen sent patrons fleeing from a northwestern Ohio bar near the University of Toledo c...

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Youth Violence in America: How Can We Stop It?

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Violence, Youth Violence, Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago, Eric Holder, Impact News

Two members of President Obama's cabinet met with Chicago mayor Richard Daley and school officials today, as well as parents and students from the nei...

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Power With, Power Over

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Restorative Justice, Peace Circles, Power, Derrion Albert Murder, War, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Derrion Albert's death is just another symptom of a city, a nation and a world at perpetual war with itself. It's merely one in a series of tragedies that we are numb to or never hear about.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The War Won and Lost -- Florent-Emilio Siri on Intimate Enemies

Dan Persons | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Emotion, Afghanistan, Algiers, War, Battle of Algiers, Drama, Death, Controversy, Iraq, World, Benoit Magimel, Afghanistan War, France, Iraq War, Gore, Albert Dupontel, Explosions, Action-Adventure, Gritty, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Director Florent-Emilio Sari definitely has a knack for playing the audience. He makes the most of his Moroccan locations, finding an eerie beauty in the barren landscape.

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The Radical Philosopher: Reflections on Gandhi's 140th Birthday

Mira Kamdar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Greed, Gandhi, Nonviolence, Consumerism, Nuclear Weapons, Global Economy, War, Violence, India, World News
Mira Kamdar

Were he alive today, I have no doubt Gandhi would be utterly appalled at the direction the world and his own country India have taken.

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Rockford Shooting Shows Need for Federal Police Standards

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Mark Barmore, Naacp, Rockford, Deadly Force, Politics News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

The brutal, public nature of Mark Anthony Barmore's killing has thrust the city of Rockford into the spotlight, and posed disturbing questions about accountability and the use of excessive force.

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TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex, Violence, Drugs, Teen Sex, Tv, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, TV Advertising, Teenagers, Teenage Tv Consumption, Television, Unhealthy Lifestyle, Kids and Guns, Guns, Living News
Michelle Howard

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

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Public Enemies and the Invention of Video

Paul Snyder | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Enemies, Depression, Interrogation, Michael Mann, Violence, Pretty Boy Floyd, Recession, Gangsters, Guns, Christian Bale, John Dillinger, Marion Cotillard, Melvin Purvis, Spectacle, Digital-Film, Baby Face Nelson, Myrna Loy, Johnny Depp, Anachronism, Torture, Independent Films, Entertainment News
Paul Snyder

For all of director Michael Mann's aesthetic sophistication, the film's spontaneity runs roughshod over a lot of true history.

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New Study Shows that Children Who Play Educational Video Games Wrongly Believe 'Education Leads to Success'

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Violence, Comedy, Video Games, Comedy News, Teachers, Third-Party Candidate, Starbucks, Ben Berkon, Education, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

"There was an astonishingly high percentage of misinformed children who are in for a real surprise," said STAThead executive Bill Myers.

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Talk Radio Inciting Violence? What Happened to Listener Discernment?

Michael D. Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Holland Cooke, Left Wing, David Sirota, Talk Radio, Violence, Right Wing, Media Bias, Daily Kos, Chris Matthews, Dog Whistles, Denver News
Michael D. Brown

We should never refrain from expressing our opinions with emotions and passions for fear that the nut case will hear it wrong and act out violently.

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QODS DAY: Protesters Transform Jerusalem Day Into Iran Day

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Esfahan, Demonstrations, Shiraz, Iranian, Violence, Palestine, Iran, Quds Day, Mehdi Karroubi, Rallies, Jerusalem Day, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Qods Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Protests, Israel, Handala, Slideshow, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.

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Nancy Pelosi Warns Of Violence Over Heated Rhetoric, Chokes Up (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tears Up, Pelosi Chokes Up, Pelosi Republicans Violence, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Violence, Pelosi Warns of Violence, Fear of Violence, Harvey Milk, Pelosi Harvey Milk, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's eyes watered Thursday as she called for the rhetorical heat to be turned down across the country, and warned that such wo...

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Hofstra Rape: Student Lied About Incident: District Attorney

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Hofstra Rape Victim Lied, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, Hofstra Rape Victim, Hofstra Rape Case, Hofstra Incident, Hofstra Student Lied, Hostra Rape, Hofstra Rape Lied, Hoftra Rape, Hofstra Girl Lied, Rape Hofstra, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities in New York say the Hofstra University student who told police that she had been gang-raped by five men on campus ...

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The Curse of Domestic Violence: A Cycle of Abuse from Father to Son

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Economy, Economic Crisis, Violence, Drugs, Parenting, Dysfunctional Family, Murder, Pediatricians, Child Abuse, Health, Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Family, Santa Fe, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

How can boys raised in an abusive environment learn any differently? It is nice to say we have to show them or teach them by example, but what example can we use?

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Hofstra Rape: Woman Gang Raped In Hofstra University Dorm: Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)-- Police in New York say an 18-year-old Hofstra University student trying to retrieve a cell phone was lured into a dormitory men...

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LeGarrette Blount and the Politics of the Punch

Dave Zirin | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, LeGarrette Blount, Legarrette Blount Video, Football, Entertainment News
Dave Zirin

In the twisted moral world of sports, playing well is the only way to win back the love. Absent that option, Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount is stuck in YouTube purgatory.

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Christian Poveda: French Filmmaker Killed In El Salvador; 1 Arrested

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Guadalajara Film Festival Memory Award, Film, Christian Poveda, San Salvador, Central America, U.S. Prisons, French Filmmaker, Violence, Social Justice, Gangs, El Salvador, France, Reporters Without Borders, Journalism, Guadalajara Film Festival, GDocumentary Film, Poverty, Photojournalist, Media, Tonacatepeque, World News

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A French filmmaker who spent years documenting the brutality and desperation of a Salvadoran street gang has been fo...

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The Devil They Know: Biography of an American Inmate

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Single Mothers, Child Abuse, US Poverty, Recidivism, Prison, Violence, Alcohol Abuse, American Prisoner Description, American Prison Inmates, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

A system which punishes the poor for reacting unexceptionally to their poverty has created a criminal class which views prison as a sort of career.

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Will DJ AM Quote About PTSD Get People To Finally Listen?

Michelle Renee | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jaycee Dugard, Michelle Renee], Kidnapping, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Violent Crime, Violence, Hostage Survivor, Entertainment News, DJ AM, Ptsd, Held Hostage, Living, Entertainment News
Michelle Renee

Getting people to take notice of PTSD as it relates to youth and adults who have survived violence, abuse and trauma -- outside of those returning from combat -- has been an uphill climb.

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Things Come Together in Karin Slaughter's Undone

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Teen Pregnancy, Murder, Karin Slaughter, Dyslexia, Atlanta, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Undone is a story of pure evil, and of the effort made by heroic persons to contain it. It is violent and it is graphic to some extent, but it is also fascinating reading from beginning to end.

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Moment of Truth In Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Southeast Asia, Africa, FSU

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Negotiation, Holocaust, Afghanistan, Afghan War, War, Sri Lanka, Violence, Iran, Eisenhower, South East Asia, Peace, Pbama, President, Religion, Mcchrystal, Military Industrial Complex, Burma, Africa, Former Soviet Union, Israel, Sustainable Communities, Realpolitik, Global Emergency, Nietzsche, World News
Stephen C. Rose

In all these situations, violence is active or incipient. In all of them, there is no solution being proposed that promises an end to the prospect of more of the same.

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Iran: So Far Away, But Also Mine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Arash Afghahi, Iran Election, Violence, Iran, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Youthradio, Contested, Ahmadinejad, Election, Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Cleric, Iran Election 2009, Youth Radio, Disputed, Protests, Crisis, Arrest, Home News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

My cousin in Iran called my uncle often in the early days of mass protests and police crackdowns. Those moments full of hushed tones and furrowed brows would snap us back to the reality of the situation.

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Getting Back To the Quintessential Quentin

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Violence, Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Hitler, World War II, Inglourious Basterds, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Tarantino knows how to build up the suspense and how to let it go.

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A Former Police Chief on New Marijuana Book

Norm Stamper | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Law Enforcement, Marijuana, Alcohol, Violence, Drug War, Marijuana Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Norm Stamper

I do not believe drug policy reform should end with the legalization of marijuana. Yet, when asked to contribute a foreword to the new book Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink, I eagerly accepted.

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