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Youth Violence

Juvenile Justice and Race: An Uphill Climb to the Bottom

James Bell | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Youth Violence, Disproportionality, Detention Policy, 2300-American-Kids-Serving-Life-Without-Parole, Detention, Prison, Juvenile Justice, Life-Without-Parole, Jail, Juvenile Dentention, Race, Nonviolent Offenders, Impact News
James Bell

Has it become an accepted fact of life in the United States that the machinery of justice applies almost solely to people of color?

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A Call to Arms to Save Our Youth

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, At-Risk Youth, Early Childhood Education, Mental Health, President Obama, Danny Davis, Derrion Albert, Bobby Scott, Chicago News
Rep. Bobby Rush

Right now, as the city I love mourns its way through yet another deadly weekend of gun-related violence, our youth far too often get caught in the crossfire.

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How Sports Can Help End Violence

Karl Costello | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dashaun Davy, Glen Kozlowski, Youth Violence, Criminal Justice, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Urban Violence, Chicago News
Karl Costello

The opportunities sports provides are too often squandered by individuals and institutions that care so little for youth that their environment allows for the murder of a Derrion Albert.

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

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Suspects, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

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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Mike Tyson Meets With Daley About Youth Violence

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mike Tyson Chicago, Youth Violence, Mike Tyson, Chicago Youth Violence, Mike Tyson Oprah, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Former world champion Mike Tyson paid Mayor Richard Daley a visit today and the boxing heavyweight and political heavyweight talked about youth violen...

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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 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Altgeld Gardens, Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Violence, Fenger High School, Roseland, Cps, Carver Academy, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

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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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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Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Olympics 2016 and the Breakfast Club

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Arne Duncan, Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Michael Pfleger, Mayor Daley, Jody Weis, Chicago Olympics, Ron Huberman, Eric Holder, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Chicago News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

When I was a pastor on the West Side I found myself in the middle of rioting students on more than one occasion. What happened? Since the riots weren't caught on video, we didn't get any help from the White House.

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Daley's New Anti-Violence Plan: More Police Patrols, CTA Stops, Parking Meter Money Diverted

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Daley Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Cps, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

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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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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Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Arne Duncan, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Teen Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Renaissance 2010, Chicago School Reform, Chicago News

CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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Stick Up: Knife-Wielding First-Grader Robs Classmate In Bathroom

South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Macollvie Jean-François | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home

Read More: First Grader Knife Robbery, Youth Violence, Youth Crime, First Grader Robs Classmate, Home News

A knife-wielding 7-year-old first-grader robbed a 6-year-old classmate of one dollar, in a school bathroom, authorities said today. The schoolhouse s...

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Get The Point: Nonprofit Helps Youth Find Own Solutions To Violence

DivineCaroline.com | Kathleen J. King | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Youth Violence, Get the Point, Non Profit, The Giving Life, Living News

Around the world, youth face violence daily: abuse at home or in school, peer pressure into acts of violence, neglect by parents, gangs, drugs, bad ro...

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