Teen Violence

Teen Sports = Teen Drinking, Teen Violence?

ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Young men who participate in team sports may be more likely to fight and drink.

Twista Reaches Out to Students About Teen Violence

The Boombox Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News After the brutal death of Chicago high school student Derrion Albert in September, the hip-hop community was quick to rebuke senseless street violence. There was a lot of talk about doing better, but there haven't been too many rappers that have walked the walk. West side Chicago native Twista is hoping to change all that by reaching out to the youth directly. In...

Looking to Blog Readers for Good Ideas to Reduce Teen Shootings

Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

In the wake of the national publicity that accompanied the beating death of Chicago Public Schools student Derrion Albert, the issue of teen violence has come to the fore. Violence toward students in the Chicago Public Schools is, however, neither new nor rare.

Staged fight draws attention to teen dating violence

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

By Richard Salit PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As soon as her boyfried walked up to her in Kennedy Plaza, the trouble began. First they yelled at each another. Then they started shoving. "What are you going to do? Hit me in front of all of these people?" she screamed. "You need to calm down!" It was Thursday afternoon and the downtown plaza was full of high school students on their way home...

Teen violence must stop, but how?

KansasCity (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

True, black-on-black violence is a big problem. But we’re all kidding ourselves if we don’t look beyond race and see that teens of all colors and walks of life are becoming desensitized to violence.

Lynn Sweet On CNN: Gay Rights, Obama’s Nobel, and Chicago Teen Violence

Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Filed under: Sweet Corn etc… Politics Daily Columnist and Daily FLOTUS writer Lynn Sweet appeared twice on CNN last weekend to speak with host Don Lemon on his panel of guests. Click here to watch their discussion of Chicago’s teen violence crisis and Obama administration efforts to help. Click play below for their discussion of President Obama’s [...]

Mom of severely burned teen set on fire: ‘Teen violence has to stop’

ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

(ChattahBox) — The mother of a Florida boy severely burned after a group of teenagers viciously set him on fire appealed for the need to do something to stop the wave of violence among children. Michael Brewer, 15, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., was reportedly assaulted by five teens who allegedly doused him with rubbing alcohol [...]

Jesse Jackson Rides Chicago Bus, Lives

Scooter's Report (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

CHICAGO (SR) - In order to draw attention to teen violence in Chicago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson accompanied Fenger High School students Tuesday morning on their bus ride from the Altgeld Gardens public housing development to school. This inner city...

Commie Rabble Rouser Takes Personal Bodyguards on Bus to Protest Violence He Is Responsible For

Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Rev. Jesse Jackson To Ride To School With Fenger Students, Calls Teen Violence ‘State Of Emergency’ - cbs2chicago.com “This is a state of emergency given patterns of violence and patterns of killing,” Jackson said in a news conference. He suggested that unemployed adults in the neighborhoods could serve as community patrols for children walking to school, while [...]

• Quick with an assist - cold fury

Winter, spring, summer and foul

illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

by Andy Haaf This week Education Secretary Arnie Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met at the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago to discuss how they plan to fight teen violence. Let me repeat that with a bit more...

Daley's New Anti-Violence Plan: More Police Patrols, CTA Stops, Parking Meter Money Diverted

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's proposing several plans to curb youth violence, including adding more police officers at schools during dismissal times and increasing funding for after-school programs. Daley's proposals comes a day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Chicago to discuss teen violence following the beating death of...

• Chicago mayor proposes more police at schools - Boston Globe
• Chicago mayor proposes more police at schools - Kansas City Star
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Chicago's mayor proposes more after-school programs, police to stop a spike in teen violence

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

During a news conference at a youth art center, Daley called for more communication between police and schools. He says he plans to use $1 million from the city's parking meter revenue for an after-school jobs program.

A federal pledge to fight teen violence

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

CHICAGO - U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Education Secretary Arne Duncan yesterday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities, calling the beating death of a teenager on the city's South Side a wake-up call for the country.

Derrion Albert's death 'a call to action' - USA Today

Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

CBS News Derrion Albert's death 'a call to action' USA Today By John J. Kim, The Chicago Sun-Times, via AP By Wendy Koch By Judy Keen, USA TODAY CHICAGO — There is hope here that the legacy of Derrion Albert, whose Sept. 24 slaying was captured on video and seen around the world, will be a renewed effort to stop ... US officials seek answers in wake of Fenger killing Chicago Tribune Officials...

Shining a light on teen violence

chicagotribune.com - Voice of the people (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

A brighter spotlight is shining on the street violence and misery that mar too many young lives in our communities. Your article ("Curing a public epidemic," Oct.7) wisely broadened that focus, underscoring the need to address root causes with targeted, scientific methods.