GUEST:
- Wallace "Gator" BradleyFormer Chicago Gang Members and 21st Century Vote
DONATE →
This is viewer supported news
Salim Muwakkil reports on 21st Century Vote, an organization created by former members of Chicago’s largest street gang, Gangster Disciples. Wallace "Gator" Bradley, a former gang member turned community leader, praises the group for offering a more productive way for disenfranchised youth to channel their energy and take part in the political process. However, the police and mainstream media claim that the organization is simply an illegitimate front allowing the Gangster Disciples to gain more influence. Bradley defends 21st Century Vote as a group sincerely working to bring a stop to gang violence from the inside out, and steer young people away from crime. He views denouncement of their efforts from politicians and others as an obstruction to progress.
Recent Shows More
Stories
Headlines
-
Iraq: U.S.-Led Airstrikes Kill 20 Civilians
-
ISIS Militant "Jihadi John" Identified
-
ISIS Captures Up to 300 Christian Hostages
-
HRW Condemns Syria’s Use of Barrel Bombs
-
Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Targets NATO Envoy’s Car
-
Avalanches Kill Over 200 amid Heavy Snow in Afghanistan
-
Bolivia: Thousands Displaced by "Unprecedented" Floods
-
Georgia: Extreme Weather Delays Execution of Woman
-
FCC Set to Pass Historic Net Neutrality Rules
-
3 Brooklyn Men Arrested for Bid to Join ISIS in Case Involving Informant
-
Supreme Court Appears to Side with Muslim Woman Denied Job over Hijab
-
Snowden Docs Reveal Canada’s Mass Collection of Email
-
Mexico Condemns 2nd Police Killing of Immigrant in U.S.
-
Marijuana Becomes Legal in Washington, D.C., Despite GOP Threats
-
British MP Questions "Moral Authority" of HSBC Exec
-
Court Dismisses Lawsuit over Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest of Occupy Protesters
-
Dori Maynard, Media Diversity Advocate, Dies at 56
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org
. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions,
contact us.
