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  Made in America

  Hamida Kinge | Sun, Aug 17th, 2008 | Category: Interviews | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brooklyn, sports, music, violence, prison, filmmaking, documentary, neighborhoods, skateboarding, gangs | 1

  Stacy Peralta, former skateboarding icon turned documentary filmmaker, spent 15 years wanting to make the film that eventually became Made In America. An examination of gang life in South Central, Los Angeles, the film combines historic footage and interviews with current and former gang members, as well as activists and experts. Next American City’s Hamida Kinge recently called Peralta at his Los Angeles home to discuss the film, Los Angeles, gangs and racial inequity.

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• The Daily Report

  Philly’s Number One! But Not in a Good Way…

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: new york city, philadelphia, economy, diana lind, jobs, money, budget, incarcarations, prison, number one, prisons | 0

  As Karen Heller writes today on Philly.com — Philadelphia leads the country in percentage of citizens incarcerated. Read on to find out why prisons are a booming industry, how many grams of cocaine you could fit in a sugar packet, and why keeping a prisoner in jail is about the cost of a year’s tuition at a fancy college.

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