murder

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In Detroit, a young man who is willing can get paid thousands of dollars to commit murder. The city's unemployment rate is more than 22%, the high school graduation rate is the lowest in the nation at 31%, and the rate of gun violence is among the highest in the country. How much of gun violence is economic? How much is emotional? Is gun violence a social contagion?

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Our youth reporter, Taylor Holt, felt the effects of gun violence on her family when her 16-year-old cousin, Blair Holt, was shot and killed in crossfire while riding on a public bus after school. Although she had watched her family grieve the loss of this talented honor student, she hadn’t felt the direct impact until she set out to interview her aunt, and other grieving families, throughout Chicago.

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