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by Celeste Little onNovember 29, 2012
T.J. Holmes' BET talk show still hits hard. Plus, Wanda Sykes and Wiz Khalifa made late-night fun.
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by Michael Skolnik onOctober 12, 2012
The personal story of Global Grind's Michael Skolnik anchors a heartfelt call to action to put an end to gun violence.
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by Hillary Crosley onSeptember 9, 2012
In his memoir, A Father First, the NBA star says a tough childhood didn't limit his reach.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJuly 27, 2012
"Some of those kids ain't gonna make it out of there. You feel so helpless," he said in an emotional MTV interview.
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by Jeff Johnson onJuly 17, 2012
BlackAmericaWeb's Jeff Johnson writes that retweeting the city's murder numbers isn't enough -- we must get angry and active and address the issues fueling the tragic loss of life.
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by Timmhotep Aku onJuly 5, 2012
The kid rapper's city is plagued by youth violence. Why would a music site film him at a gun range?
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by Lynette Holloway onJuly 5, 2012
A girl named Heaven is one of the latest victims of the city's gang violence. When will it stop?
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by Nsenga Burton onMay 30, 2011
Under Illinois state law, police can charge someone with murder when an accomplice is killed during the commission of a crime.
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by Sylvester Monroe onAugust 2, 2010
I now know the terror of gun violence firsthand. A carload of teens fired four shots at me and drove away, laughing. Fortunately, they missed.
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June 23, 2010
After this past weekend, why is Chicago's Mayor Daley still having to defend the handgun ban?
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