How the Gang MS-13 is Being Used to Justify Immigration Policy
New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer discusses his recent piece in the January 1 issue, “The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and The Law.” He reports on the violent Salvadoran gang MS-13, whose...
View ArticleHeld for Months, Teens Accused of MS-13 Affiliation Start Returning to Long...
Over the summer on Long Island, immigration agents started picking up teens, known as "unaccompanied minors," and accusing them of being members of the international gang, MS-13. Local police made many...
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From Incarceration to Graduation: One Young Man's Dreams of College Finally...
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Almost two years ago, The Takeaway brought listeners the story of Alex Diaz, a high school dropout, former gang member, and convicted felon who...
View ArticleHow MS-13 Is Affecting Immigrant Communities
In a 3-part series in partnership with NPR, Sarah Gonzalez, WNYC's youth and families reporter, reports on MS-13 on Long Island — how the gang targets people for violence, why the Trump administration...
View ArticleAs The Statues Fall, Where Do We Stand?; How MS-13 is Affecting Immigrant...
Dr. Christina Greer fills in for Brian today. You'll hear:Jamil Smith, journalist and Daily Beast contributor, and Emily Ngo, White House reporter for Newsday, discuss how the political scene is being...
View ArticleICE Is Arresting Teens Based on Bogus Claims, Says ACLU Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration is falsely accusing immigrant teens of gang affiliations in a concerted effort to deport them....
View ArticleTrump Is Making MS-13 Stronger
If you were an administration hell-bent on stopping illegal immigration through the southern border and you wanted to stereotype Latinos as violent “bad hombres,” what a gift Mara Salvatrucha – or...
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MS-13 Gang Crackdown Relies on 'Questionable' Evidence From Schools
A high school junior — WNYC is calling her Vanessa — arrived in Brentwood, Long Island, two years ago as an unaccompanied minor from Central America. Then she spent a month in the immigration wing of a...
View ArticleAdvocates Warn of a School-to-Deportation Pipeline
The New York Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday said immigrant students in Long Island recently were suspended from school for alleged MS-13 gang affiliation based on what they called "weak allegations"...
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Greg Boyle — The Calling of Delight: Gangs, Service, and Kinship
A Jesuit priest famous for his gang intervention programs in Los Angeles, Fr. Greg Boyle makes winsome connections between service and delight, and compassion and awe. He heads Homeboy Industries,...
View ArticleWhen Kids Are Trained to Kill: Gang Violence in the Windy City
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.According to the Chicago Tribune, the Windy City has seen more than 1,000 people fall victim to gun violence this year. Which is why public radio...
View ArticleMS-13 Gang Draws National Interest to Long Island
Liz Robbins, immigration reporter for The New York Times, discusses the MS-13 gang's presence in Long Island and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent visit with local law enforcement to address the...
View ArticleWhite House Update; (The Day After) College Decision Day; MS-13 Gang Draws...
Coming up on today's show:NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson reports on the latest from the White House, including the Duterte invitation and the budget deal.Yesterday was decision day...
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The Other Side of Gun Violence
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.In 2016, violence in the city of Chicago reached levels not seen since the late 1990s, and so far, the trend has continued into 2017: The Chicago...
View ArticleLong Island Community Reeling After String of Murders
The community of Brentwood, Long Island, is still reeling after the murders of five teenagers in the past six weeks.Last month, the badly-beaten body of 15-year-old Nisa Mickens was found on a street a...
View ArticleChicago 'Super Gang' on Trial
Click on the 'Listen' button to hear the interview.In a year marked by ongoing violence in Chicago, a new trial may shed some light on a problem that has troubled the city for decades.The biggest...
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From prison to Ph.D, this activist fights for peace in Chicago
Chico Tillmon went from a life of crime and gangs, to saving lives through the Cure Violence organization. He mediates and deescalates conflicts that arise in some of Chicago’s most violent...
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Why Chicago hasn’t yet escaped an epidemic of gun violence
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But, first: a bloody year in Chicago. And residents, police and community leaders are asking why the violence is getting worse, instead of better?It is...
View ArticleDoes a New Netflix Series 'Get it Down' in its Portrayal of the Bronx?
Jake Offenhartz, freelance journalsit and editor at HistoryBuff.com, and Mark Naison, professor of History and African American Studies at Fordham University, discuss the depictions of the Bronx in the...
View ArticleThe Gang Wars that Ruled Chinatown
Demand for opium, gambling, and prostitution combined with a bloated and corrupt city government were defining features of New York's Chinatown during the 1930s, which created the conditions for rival...
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