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Fast-Track Deportations

Thousands are being deported without a chance to appear before an immigration judge.

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The Usual Suspects

September, 1998 Police are using computers to track street gangs and other suspicious characters. But some people on their lists may not belong there.

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The Usual Suspects

Danielle GordonPolice are using computers to track street gangs and other suspicious characters. But some people on their lists may not belong there.
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High Court Is the Final Chapter in Gang Ordinance Controversy

The controversy over how police treat suspected gang members, even those who may not have committed crimes, is at the heart of a Chicago case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this fall.> Read More

Database Dictionary

Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have created several databases of suspected gang members.> Read More

The Schaumburg Database

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William P. Wilen: Going to Bat for Public Housing Residents

Ferrell Freeman, 48, first moved into the Addams-Brooks-Loomis-Abbott public housing development on Chicago's Near West Side in 1954. ABLA is her home, and she has no desire to leave.> Read More
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Chicago Public Schools: Expulsions Rise, But Safety Issues Persist

Last April, Monique came to school the way she did most days, with books in hand and a razor blade in her mouth. The 14-year-old believed the razor, held precariously under her tongue, would protect her from the dangers of her neighborhood near the Cabrini-Green public housing development.> Read More

The Life and Times of William P. Wilen

Short synopsis of the Life and Times of William P. Wilen> Read More