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Gangs (27 found)
The Interrupters documents a group of ex-gang members who work to calm neighborhood violence through a unique program in Chicago. (full text)
The author joined a gang and was sentenced to a juvenile detention facility. The complete loss of freedom convinced her to seek success in school rather than the streets. (full text)
Desmin is inspired by the biography of the late Stanley "Tookie" Williams, executed for murdering a family. Desmin is fascinated by Tookie's gang past yet he also hopes to renounce violence and fly straight like Tookie did on death row. (full text)
After a violent confrontation with rival gang members and other close calls, the writer is happy to return to her group home.
The writer interviews three teens who are members of the Bloods, La Familia, and the Latin Kings.
Christopher joins a dangerous gang when he’s 13. After going to jail and seeing a relative killed in the drug trade, he turns his life around.
Xavier, 13, runs away from an abusive home and lives on the streets. His street friends become his new family.
Carlos reflects on an incident in the schoolyard that robbed him of one of his closest friends.
In a follow-up to the previous article the writer learns the fate of his former gang members.
David interviews a former female member who describes her descent into the gang lifestyle and how she managed to escape.
The writer spends two days with his old gang and writes about their partying, random gunplay, and seemingly suicidal lives.
The author joins a gang when she's 13, drawn to the loyalty and protection they seem to offer. Instead, the gang puts her in danger and disappears when she gets locked up. (full text)
Gangs control the housing projects the author lives in. Even though he's not in a gang, he has to observe their rules and suffer their violence. (full text)
The writer sees the armed forces as his only option to escape an impoverished and embattled neighborhood. (full text)
The author is exposed to violence from a young age, and he comes to see it as normal, then fun. He worries that if he's not a predator, he'll be prey. (full text)
Former gang member Sean "Dino" Johnson, who now works at a violence prevention organization, talks about how he turned his life around. (full text)
The author misses her birth family terribly when she goes into care, and she feels invisible and unloved. She joins a clique that fights other groups after school. (full text)
The writer's younger brother dresses and talks like a gang member. Since they live in a gang-infested neighborhood, the writer worries that his brother is in danger, and he interviews a police officer about it. (full text)
The author meets a gang leader on a dating website and is drawn into the gang. The boyfriend cheats on her and then turns on her, and she gets locked up. (full text)
The writer joins the Bloods to gain status, respect, and love, having suffered from physical and sexual abuse in her adoptive home.
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