In the final part of a six-part series for MSNBC.com, we ask why, instead of standing up for victims of gun violence in places like Sandy Hook, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly chooses to sit in silent protest. We also meet parents who have lost children to see how they cope with their loss by channeling …
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ER doctors at Advocate Christ Medical Center try to save the lives of gunshot victims while family and neighbors mourn after a bullet pierces a house, striking 11-year-old Shamiya Adams dead. Produced, written, filmed and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin. Narrated by Trymaine Lee.
Basketball coach Shawn Harrington struggles to recover from a gunshot wound that left him paralyzed while a high school teacher offers a message of forgiveness to those who forever changed his life. Produced, written, shot and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin. Narrated by Trymaine Lee.
Youths from the Brighton Park neighborhood say gangs are their family and they would never give them up, while teens in the Back of the Yards neighborhood say it’s better to have an illegal gun and risk going to jail than be shot dead. Produced, written, shot and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin. Narrated by …
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Interrupters from Cure Violence, formerly known as Cease Fire, try to cool tempers and immediately defuse the conflicts that perpetuate the cycle of violence. And local law enforcement reaches out directly to parolees to give them alternatives to violence. Produced, written, shot and edited by Craig Duff with reporter Stephen Franklin.
In part 5 of the MSNBC.com original series on Chicago and life in a city under siege from guns, we meet a group of men called Brothers on the Block — and their counterpart group Sisters on the Street — who fanned out to the city’s most crime-ridden blocks to make a show of force against violence. …
The Chicago Youth Boxing Club (CYBC) is tucked in a church basement in the Windy City’s Little Village neighborhood, providing one of the area’s few after-school activities. Since it was founded in 2006, the gym has become much more than a place for kids to hang out. “It isn’t enough to get kids off the street,” says Ana Patricia Juarez, programming …
Some fans of the Indianapolis 500 are, for the first time, spending race weekend camped out in luxurious tents on the speedway’s infield. For diehard fans who were accustomed to staying in local hotels or campgrounds, this was a lifelong dream. https://nyti.ms/1mnOVng
As orchestras see audiences age and dwindle in size, the Cleveland Orchestra is trying to attract the youngest audience of any in America by its 100th birthday in 2018. In this video piece for NYTimes.com, we meet players, patrons and the orchestra’s music director Franz Welser-Möst, who are all united to bring more young people …
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As the 21st century marches on, a new ocean is likely to emerge, making way for what could be the last great land grab in human history. That ocean is the Arctic Ocean, and its once powerful ice – a barrier that has long kept away all but the most intrepid explorers – is yielding …