Must-Read: City Without Fathers

Steven Malanga has written a brilliant article for the always-brilliant City Journal. Read it, have a good cry, then understand that some crime might be down, but plenty more goes on. While this article is about Newark, NJ, the problems that Malanga addresses exist right here in Chicago, too. City Without Fathers Behind Newark’s epidemic violence are its thousands of fatherless children. 9 August 2007 The horrific, execution-style killing of three teens in Newark last weekend has sparked widespread outrage and promises of reform from politicians, religious leaders, and community activists, who are pledging a renewed campaign against the violence that plagues New Jersey’s largest city. FULL STORY...