Violence impacting Chicago’s kids is ‘systemic’
Nicole Rollins says her family has to make peace with living without her brother, Akim, who was killed last year
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Nicole Rollins says her family has to make peace with living without her brother, Akim, who was killed last year
After two young men were gunned down in two separate incidents, their loved ones confront a new normal
After-school program Kidz Express offers local youth a respite from the dangers of Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood
Anjali Kamat visits Kidz Express, an after school program for youth in the dangerous neighborhood of South Austin.
Deamonte Lee discusses the lingering psychological impact of being the victim of a 2014 shooting.
Young people talk about becoming numb to gun crime in their neighborhood, South Austin
Fault Lines examines the psychological toll of violence on children growing up in Chicago’s most dangerous communities
Fault Lines examines the psychological toll of gun violence on children in Chicago’s most dangerous communities
A hospital-based program attends to the mental health needs of youth in some of Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods
Clinical psychologist Bradley Stolbach says that children growing up surrounded by violence are often traumatized