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We Are Still Losing: Chicago Homicide Rate Hits 500 Mark in 2012

December 30, 2012

This time there were no flags flown at half-mast. No Presidential press conferences held while the President and the nation forced back tears. You will not be inundated with days of news coverage designed to make sure you know that these victims are human beings, with loved ones and legacies left incomplete. Instead, December 27th passed like many others. We heard the number. 500. The number of homicides logged in the city of Chicago in 2012. It has been 4 years since we had that many murders (t[...]

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Murder Capital

November 29, 2012

We call it home. I think people forget that. But somewhere in the midst of all the violence, there is a community. A collective of mothers who trade babysitting services to avoid the cost of childcare. A neighborhood of people you’ve known all your life, people who look out for you ‘cause they know your momma’s momma. Nieces who sleep on auntie’s couch. Brothers who give sisters the little money they have to buy diapers for nieces and nephews less than 15 years younger than both of them.[...]

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