Top Cop's Plan For Targeting High-Crime Areas

March 26, 2013 Subscribe · Forward McCarthy Announces Police Foot Patrols Targeting High-Crime Areas While Chicago's top cop is crediting a new strategy of police swarming high-crime areas of the city with last month's decreased homicide rate, he hopes another new push, announced Monday, will continue that trend into the warmer months ahead. Continue reading... Uptown Alderman Still Raising Ire Over Homelessness, Housing In His Ward The Full Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 Lineup Is Here! State Rep Target Of Phone Threat In Wake Of Gay Marriage Remarks Man Shot In Head After Dispute Over Double-Parked Car Medical Marijuana Bill Just '1 Or 2' Votes Short Of House OK CPS Students Protest School Closings As Fears Over Violence Grow Students Give School Money To Stop Playing Justin Bieber Song Chicago To Shut Down 54 Schools Students Give School Money To Stop Playing Justin Bieber Song Nation's Largest Indoor Vertical Farm Opens Its Doors NICO LANG We Need to Talk About Steubenville We cannot stop rape from happening again, but we can make ourselves aware of the realities that people face and create a more just and equal society. Continue reading... LIZ JOYNT SANDBERG Spring Training, Chicago-Style Chicago is quintessentially becoming. An endless winter followed by a spring that mostly keeps being winter helps make us who we are as a city. And cranky as you undoubtedly are, I bet you'll agree. We are a city that loves an impossible project. Continue reading... HENRY HENDERSON Fracking vs. Democracy: State Laws Subvert Home Rule and Property Rights One of the most fascinating and disturbing issues that comes up again and again around fracking is the multitude of exemptions and entitlements that have been handed to the industry at the expense of citizens. Continue reading... THE DAILY MEAL 20 Best Restaurants in America for 2013 What factors make one restaurant better than another? Can you compare a roadside burger joint with an urban fine-dining restaurant? Continue reading... SURAJ MADOORI Media-Driven Stigma Surrounding HIV Criminalization Case A recent arrest under an antiquated Illinois HIV criminalization law challenges how media handle sensitive information when stigma and livelihood are at stake. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003