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In Gang Politics, Kristian Williams examines our society's understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between "gangs" of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features.

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.

Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise.

This dramatic story of two men's efforts to save a small Wisconsin daily from obliteration at the hands of the nation's largest newspaper chain brings together startling case histories of the dubious tactics practiced by Gannett and unsparing insights into the newspaper industry.

Aaron Iturra was just 18 years old when he was found dead in his bedroom in Eugene, Oregon. Soon, the quiet community would be rocked and shocked by who was behind the killing: Mary Louise Thompson, also known as Gang Mom. An anti-gang activist, she was a modern day deadly Fagin, running her own gang of juveniles who preyed on the unsuspecting city.

The story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city's east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure in this story that questions which gang was tougher: the petty criminals or the police themselves.

Tom Wolfe comandó una generación de escritores dispuestos a dinamitar las convenciones de la sociedad tradicional. Estaban allí para contarnos cosas de nosotros mismos de un modo hasta entonces inaudito. Se convirtieron en nuestros sabios orientadores, nuestros heraldos, incluso en nuestra conciencia moral: eran los nuevos periodistas.

In the late 1970s, a string of seemingly unconnected murders had Harlem police and federal authorities at their wits' end until they realized several commonalities. The victims were all either Mafia members or potential witnesses of Mafia activity and they'd all been shot from .22 pistols traced back to a single private sale in Florida. From these details, the FBI and police were able to build a profile of a rogue sect of Mafia hitmen known as the East Harlem Purple Gang.

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"A Surge of Families Moves Northward, Away from Gangs" is from the November 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kirk Semple and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Echoing a Film Plot, Chinese Gangs Kill Drifters in an Elaborate Mining Scam" is from the August 10, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Burundi's Forces Are Engaging in Gang Rape, U.N. Official Says" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Cumming Bruce and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Quest for a New Life Ends in a Tangle of Gang Ties" is from the August 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by James C. Mckinley Jr. and Al Baker and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"A Mother Tried to Escape Gangs. Bullets Found Her Daughter." is from the November 16, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Bosman and Catrin Einhorn and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers" is from the June 10, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Mcphate and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Killers on a Shoestring: Inside the Gangs of El Salvador" is from the November 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Oscar Martínez, Efren Lemus, Carlos Martínez and Deborah Sontag and narrated by Kristi Burns.