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Washington Informer July 7, 2015

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Deadly Weekend in Chicago Highlights City’s Gang Warfare

DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in…

Washington Informer April 2, 2015

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CHICAGO (USA Today) — After recording the fewest number of murders in decades last year, violence is soaring: a…

Washington Informer June 10, 2014

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By Marlon Peterson Special to the NNPA PERSPECTIVE In 1999, when I was 19 years old, I was arrested and…

Washington Informer April 29, 2014

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DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 14-year-old Chicago girl accused of killing another girl in a dispute over…

Washington Informer November 13, 2013

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By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Bill De Blasio is garnering national attention for his landslide election in the…

Washington Informer January 22, 2013

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by Cassiette West-Williams NNPA Special Contributor (Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, the New York Times ran a front-page story on homicides in…