Anti-gang activists, however, including Frances Sandoval, the president of Mothers Against Gangs in Chicago, don`t buy that.

Complex mag suggests Chicago is more gang-happy than sports-crazed.

The Chicago Crime Commission recently published an update to its gang book. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Columbia University professor Desmond Patton about the book and why it's problematic for ...

The list of do`s and don`t`s associated with gang life is long and intricate, involving certain colors, hairstyles, hats and how they`re worn, jackets, sneakers, shoelaces and gestures. Several rec… ...

Activists: Chicago Gang Database Disproportionately Targets Young Men Of Color Latino and immigrant groups in Chicago say that the electronic gang database is inaccurate, that there is no way for ...

Chicago’s gang violence makes all of us less safe, and kids are paying the price While the nation focuses on a racial reckoning, communities of color are still losing too many lives to gang ...

An underworld of Web sites created by gangs has sprung up to display their colors and symbols -- and to warn off enemies, according to law enforcement agencies.

Crossing a line in gang wars: Chicago gang members Dwright Boone-Doty, 26, and Corey Morgan, 31 on trial in the execution-style murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.

Colors/Symbols: 4CH logo or a black diamond. Colors are black and gold. These gangs were at the forefront of the changing Chicago over from a heavily Mafia run city to one overrun by young black ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) --The Bloods may sound familiar by name, from their rivalry with the Crips in stories of gang violence in Los Angeles, or from movies such as "Colors." But they have never had ...