October 19th, 2007
Johnny is caught by a high school teacher returning a playground punch in a fight William started. But it’s the second fight this month for Johnny and the school’s principal calls the police. Johnny ends up as another case in Chicago’s infamous juvenile justice system, which some experts see as just another incubator for crime.
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October 2nd, 2007
The governor says he’s trimming pork from the state’s budget to pay for needed health coverage. But one man’s pork is another vulnerable group’s program: for Jamal Place, a therapeutic group home for preteen and adolescent male wards of the state, it means a $100,000 cut in critical revenue.
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September 26th, 2007
On this week’s episode of Community, Media & You Thom Clark interviews Alex Wilson of West Town Bikes and Chrissie Richards the Resource Development Manager of Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation.
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September 26th, 2007
What’s it like to be a parent in prison knowing your children are growing up without you? There are approximately 90,000 children just in … all » Illinois with parents in jail or prison or on probation or parole.
Tonight on Community, Media & You, we discuss the campaign and talk with two former offenders. Our guests are Alden Loury of the Chicago Reporter, and former offenders Manuel Feliciano and Andrew Atchison
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