At Least 8 Dead, 46 Hurt By Gun Violence Over Hot Chicago Weekend

Monday, June 11, 2012 At Least 8 Dead, 46 Hurt By Gun Violence Over Hot Chicago Weekend At least eight people died and at least 46 others were wounded in shootings over a hot, bloody weekend in Chicago. Joseph Briggs, 16, was the youngest victim of gun violence over the weekend. He was shot in the head while standing with a group of people on the porch in front of his family's home Saturday evening and died early Sunday. His grandmother Josephine Briggs told the Chicago Sun-Times that she believed her grandson was not the intended target of the shooting which police say may have been gang-related. Union: 90 Percent Of Chicago Teachers Vote To Authorize A Strike CPS Predicts Highest-Ever Five-Year Graduation Rate This Year 7 Teens Charged In 'Mob-Style' Attacks Downtown Just For Laughs Brings Conan, Sarah, Aziz & More To Chicago WATCH: Time-Lapse Video Shows Creation Of Violet Hour's Newest Mural BLOG POSTS Jacqueline Edelberg: Happy Summer! Please Don't Strike Because I love teachers and respect unions, when NBC Chicago reported that more than 90 percent of teachers had given the OK to strike, my heart sank. Andy Kroll: Getting Rolled in Wisconsin The energy of the Wisconsin uprising was never electoral. The movement's mistake: letting itself be channeled solely into traditional politics, into the usual box of uninspired candidates and the usual line-up of debates, primaries, and general elections. David Vognar: Budget Cuts Are Not the Answer It might appear that Illinois is just another spendthrift in a nation of spendthrifts (in a world of spendthrifts). But beyond the rhetoric, which appears everywhere, the numbers don't lie. It's not a spending problem. It's a revenue problem. Robert Bullen: Call Them Crazy: Right Brain's Fascinating Marat/Sade Is a Truly Ambitious Undertaking Only in Chicago would a theater company actively seek out to produce a play that has more people onstage than in the audience. Yet that's exactly the case in The Right Brain Project's Marat/Sade. Patrick Hughes, Jr.: The FDR Memorial -- A Story of a Statue (A Conversation With Anna Eleanor Roosevelt) The FDR Memorial in Washington D.C. was originally commissioned without any image of disability. The disability community, along with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, advocated to change that.

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