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Dispatches, Faith

Former gang member heads national program to bring ‘invisibles’ into church

by Wyatt Massey January 31, 2017

Mr. Torres’s relentless years of ministering to gang members, drug addicts and the incarcerated is beginning to be recognized.

Mohamed Labidi, the vice-president of the mosque where an attack happened, is comforted by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, left, and Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume, right, during a news conference on Jan. 30 about the fatal shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Quebec attack against Muslims shocks Canada

by Dean Dettloff January 30, 2017

Police are now describing the shooting as a “lone wolf” event and report that they are not seeking other suspects.

Kofi Ademola, left, of the group Black Lives Matter Chicago, and other protesters talk to the media outside the Chicago Police District 1 headquarters on South State Street in Chicago on Jan. 13. Speakers said Chicagoans already knew from experience what the Department of Justice said in its report critical of the Chicago Police department. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Politics & Society

After blistering report, what’s next for Chicago police?

by Judith Valente January 23, 2017

“You can change the training at the academy and retrain all of the current officers, but the biggest issue is changing the culture.”

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Bank Heists and Wiseguys: “Crimetown” is the next true-crime podcast you should listen to

by Kerry Weber January 11, 2017

Vincent A. Cianci Jr., better known as “Buddy,” he was a trusted (and Jesuit-educated) champion for his city as well as a convicted felon.

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Of Other Things, Politics & Society

I took a group of high school students to prison to meet people their age. Here’s what I saw.

by Edward W. Schmidt, S.J. November 23, 2016

The detainees don’t often get asked for their prayers.

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In All Things, Politics & Society

How life in prison could change under Donald Trump

by Wyatt Massey November 18, 2016

At Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, 80 miles north of New York City, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are uncertain of their futures.

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First Monday, Politics & Society

These are the 5 legal theories that might finally end the death penalty

by Ellen K. Boegel November 9, 2016

The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”