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The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he...

Samy er på vej igennem Indre By. Hans kæreste er blevet forfremmet, og hendes chef har inviteret på parmiddag. For hver klub de passerer, genlever Samy alle de afvisninger, han mødte på en bytur for 10 år siden, en aften, der endte så fatalt, at han ikke har været på klub siden. Første gang jeg bliver afvist skildrer en ung mands oplevelser med diskrimination i nattelivet, og den afmagt, ydmygelse og skyld, den vækker.

Amid increasing hardship and limited employment options, poor urban youth are developing creative online strategies to make ends meet. Using such social media platforms as YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, they're capitalizing on the public's fascination with the ghetto and gang violence. But with what consequences? Ballad of the Bullet follows the Corner Boys, a group of 30 or so young men on Chicago's South Side who have hitched their dreams of success to the creation of "drill music" (slang for "shooting music").

A candid and riveting memoir from the founder of Harlem Children's Zone, taking readers through his Canada in which violence stalked every street corner. Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before...