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CN March 16 2017
Does Illinois need tougher laws against “repeat gun offenders?” Most people might say yes, and certainly Mayor Emanuel and Police Supt. Johnson want them. A couple of questions, however. First, don’t we already have very tough laws covering violent offenders … Continue reading
CN Mar 9 2017
Can the development of television, and radio before it, teach us anything about what the next few years of digital communications will bring us? In some ways, yes, says Walter J. Podrazik, co-author of Watching TV. “This inherently is important … Continue reading
CN Feb 24 2017
One Chicago police officer fired sixteen shots into Laquan McDonald. Another created a humiliating “hunting scene” photo, with an arrested man posed to look like prey— with deer antlers attached to his head, and eyes rolled back as if he … Continue reading
CN March 2 2017
Lead has been in our lives for almost as long as humans have been able to use tools. It’s heavy, so it’s great for “weaponizing”. It’s malleable and moldable, so you can make lots of stuff out of it. One … Continue reading
CN Feb 16 2017
“We have a crisis of the civil order in Chicago.” That’s the terse assessment of one of Chicago’s most tenacious and respected journalists and writers. Jamie Kalven has been immersed in Chicago’s most impoverished neighborhoods for decades, but he’s … Continue reading
CN Feb 9 2017
Two great pieces of public art were unveiled almost simultaneously in Chicago fifty years ago. pretty much everyone knows about the Picasso in the Daley Center, but fewer know about the enduring Wall of Respect at 43rd and Langley. … Continue reading
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Tagged Erin Harkey, Jon Pounds, Lee Bey, Public art, Wall of Respect
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CN Feb 2 2017
Lori Lightfoot isn’t pleased that the 126 recommendations that her Police Accountability Task Force – the body Mayor Emanuel asked her to front last year – still remain largely words on paper instead of mayoral actions. And the Department of … Continue reading
CN Jan 26 2017
President Trump threatens, or he may say “offers,” to “Send in the Feds” to solve our hideous violence problem. And Chicagoans ask what that means. If he wanted to send help, he might consider sending along some money to … Continue reading
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Tagged CeaseFire, Illinois State budget, Interrupters, Rahm Emanuel
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CN January 19 2017
Our guest this week runs a mental health institution so vast that it’s been called the largest in the country. He also runs a pretty significant job training operation, a substance abuse clinic, an anti-violence effort, and he’s a major … Continue reading
CN January 12 2017
When you want to talk about Chicago’s finances, or about its police/community relations, Mike Fourcher’s the go-to guy. He publishes the Daily Line, Chicago’s on-line subscriber news service. He joins us this week to talk about the impeding Dep’t of Justice … Continue reading
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