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John Eligon

The Adopted Black Baby, and the White One Who Replaced Her

Forty-seven years later, two daughters meet.

John Eligon New York Times Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Crime

Bored, Broke and Armed: The Seeds of South Side Gang Violence

“If we’re sitting here bored, getting high and we got guns around, it ain’t nothing else to do.”

John Eligon New York Times Dec 2016 10min Permalink

Crime

Crackdown in a Detroit Stripped of Metal Parts

Detroit is trying to end the longstanding practice of “scrapping,” which is the only way some of its residents can earn a living.

John Eligon New York Times Mar 2015 15min Permalink