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  • Owner Nick Kokonas poses for a portrait in the front dining room of his Chicago restaurant Alinea on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Designer Paul Pierce poses for a portrait in Motorola's Chicago offices on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Isaacs spearheaded the effort to produce the Motorola smartphone Moto X, which he is holding. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Randy Thompson is photographed at 1860 West Bennet Road in Martell, Neb. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson has become an unexpected spokesperson in matters concerning the pipeline and its route through Nebraska. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Glendale Hights, Illinois - February 22, 2017<br />
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Michael, 15, was shot four times while visiting his parents and grandfather in Chicago in late 2016. Michael, who lives with Brenda Herron, at right, in Dupage County, Ill, plans to return to school in March.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Glendale Hights, Illinois - February 22, 2017<br />
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Michael, 15, was shot four times while visiting his parents and grandfather in Chicago in late 2016. Michael, who lives with Brenda Herron in Dupage County, Ill, plans to return to school in March.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Glendale Hights, Illinois - February 22, 2017<br />
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Michael, 15, was shot four times while visiting his parents and grandfather in Chicago in late 2016. Michael, who lives with Brenda Herron in Dupage County, Ill, plans to return to school in March.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Bridgeview, Illinois --<br />
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Hind Makki, a Sudanese American, has developed the project Side Entrance, which collects images from mosques around the world and showcases women's sacred spaces in relation to men's spaces. She poses for a portrait in a Yemeni community gathering space.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Abdinasir Kahim, at right, and Mohamed Haji are originally from Somalia and drive taxis in Chicago. They pose for a portrait outside of the Somali restaurant Bismilahi on the near north side.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Bridgeview, Illinois --<br />
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Hind Makki, a Sudanese American, has developed the project Side Entrance, which collects images from mosques around the world and showcases women's sacred spaces in relation to men's spaces. She poses for a portrait in a Yemeni community gathering space.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Abdinasir Kahim, at right, and Mohamed Haji are originally from Somalia and drive taxis in Chicago. They pose for a portrait outside of the Somali restaurant Bismilahi on the near north side.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Syrian refugee Nour AlNatour stands with her 9-year-old daughter Massa Abudaken and her 13-year-old son Malek Abudaken. She poses for a portrait on their way home from Clinton Elementary School in Rogers Park.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Aurora, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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As part of the United We Stand project, nearly 800 crosses, honoring those who were murdered in Chicago in 2016, stand on the lawn outside of Restoration Church in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. On New Years Eve, community and family members will walk with the crosses along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in downtown Chicago. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord sits in the middle of the road at 79th Street and Damen Avenue, a busy intersection in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. Also pictured is Carolyn Ruff at back.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • The sun sets in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sand covers a dead migratory bird along the shore of Lake Michigan in spring. The cause of the death is unknown, though much flora and fauna suffered after a malfunction at a BP refinery a month prior caused a crude oil spill of at least 15 barrels into the lake. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Iowa National Guard Spc. John Kerschner, 46, hugs four of his daughters including, from left, Grace, 14, Gianna, 7, Gaela, 9, and Gladys, 11, outside of their home in Clearfield, Iowa. Kerschner served at Combat Outpost Dand Patan with Bravo Company of the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard. “I don't want to say it was an enjoyable experience” in Afghanistan, Kerschner said. “But it was a worthwhile one.” | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Julie Medina, a prosecutor who specializes in domestic violence, poses for a portrait outside of the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha, Neb. on Jan. 27, 2011. Medina, who was raped more than a decade ago, speaks at local schools, which now must comply with a new state law requiring them to educate middle and high school students about relationships and dating violence. "I learned really early on that I did nothing wrong," Medina said. "But if you keep it quiet, it lets these perpetrators continue." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Siavash Sabetrohani, originally from Iran, is a music graduate student at the University of Chicago. He poses for a portrait in his home.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Siavash Sabetrohani, originally from Iran, is a music graduate student at the University of Chicago. He poses for a portrait in his home. One of his few mementos from home, a portrait of his 17-month-old niece Baran.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Siavash Sabetrohani, originally from Iran, is a music graduate student at the University of Chicago. He poses for a portrait in his home. One of his few mementos from home, a portrait of his 17-month-old niece Baran.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois --<br />
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Siavash Sabetrohani, originally from Iran, is a music graduate student at the University of Chicago. He poses for a portrait in his home.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord marches with a police escort through Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activists D. Lawrence, at left, and Lamon Reccord stand at the intersection of 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. On Tuesday, March 8, Lee's father shot three people at the Shell gas station in the background.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Carolyn Ruff  stands at the intersection of 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lakesha Rathey stands at the intersection of 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. On Tuesday, March 8, Lee's father shot three people at the Shell gas station in the background.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lakesha Rathey marches through the intersection of 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. On Tuesday, March 8, Lee's father shot three people at the Shell gas station in the background.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist D. Lawrence marches with a police escort through Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Karla Lee, the mother of slain 9-year-old TyShawn Lee, stands with demonstrators at the corner of 79th Street and Damen Avenue in Chicago on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Just a few blocks away, TyShawn Lee was lured into an alley and murdered in November. Also pictured are activist Lamon Reccord, at left, and TyShawn Lee's aunt Lakesha Rathey, at right.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord speaks with Chicago Police Department officers before marching with a police escort along 79th Street in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood on Saturday, March 19, 2016. The group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord stands in the middle of the road at 79th Street and Damen Avenue, a busy intersection in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord marches with a police escort through Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lakesha Rathey marches with a police escort through Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Lamon Reccord stands in the middle of the road at 79th Street and Damen Avenue, a busy intersection in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Activist Carolyn Ruff  stands at the intersection of 79th Street and Damen Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. A small group marched for TyShawn Lee, a 9-year-old boy who was lured into an alley and murdered in November. <br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Anthony Madrid poses for a portrait in his home in Chicago on Friday, March 25, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Peacekeepers meet at Target Area Development Corp. in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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  • Melvin Haywood, who works with the nonviolence organization Target Area Development Corp., meets with other peacekeepers on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot a block away two days earlier.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • A bumper sticker calls for peace in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at the Shell gas station at 79th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.<br />
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • At left, Autry Phillips, the Target Area Development Corporation Executive Director, and Jalon Arthur, the Director of Innovation and Development for Cure Violence, talk about Chicago's struggles to curb violence on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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  • At left, Autry Phillips, the Target Area Development Corporation Executive Director, and Jalon Arthur, the Director of Innovation and Development for Cure Violence, talk about Chicago's struggles to curb violence on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Shelley Williams, who works with the nonviolence organization Target Area Development Corp., meets with other peacekeepers, including Melvin Haywood, at right, and Joewaine Washington, at left, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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  • Melvin Haywood, who works with the nonviolence organization Target Area Development Corp., meets with other peacekeepers, including Shelley Williams, at left, and Thomas Jefferson, at right, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • Melvin Haywood, who works with the nonviolence organization Target Area Development Corp., points to a map showing Chicago neighborhoods Englewood and Auburn Gresham, which are among the most violent in the city, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. In a retaliation shooting, three people were wounded at a nearby gas station on Tuesday.<br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, poses for a portrait.<br />
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Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams's 15-year-old cousin Porshe Foster, shown at center left, was shot in the back while hanging out with friends in 2012. Her portrait is part of a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently. Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Joewaine Washington, a former gang member and CeaseFire violence interrupter, stands for a portrait near in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Washington monitors and attempts to mitigate violence in the area, though three people were shot at this intersection two days earlier.<br />
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  • American health care has failed Vi Lane. Twenty-six years ago, Lane sold her family's four businesses to pay a 2.5 million dollar hospital bill after the death of her husband Rod who was uninsured. With few resources, Lane, now 69, moved into a rented home near downtown Platte City and has recently taken in her pregnant and uninsured granddaughter Cyndi Perkins with her 18-month-old son Tommy Brown. Though health insurance woes continue to plague them, this unexpected family has brought a sense of cohesion and has filled Vi's home with love.<br />
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Vi Lane reaches out to her great-grandson Thomas Brown as they drive through Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Lane lost her family's four businesses after the death of her husband 22 years ago, and though the future continues to be unclear, she is grateful for the time with family. | Missouri Photo Workshop<br />
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  • Ben Burdick holds his great-grandsons, Trevor Burdick, 3, at left, and Mason Burdick, 2, before posing for a family picture after lunch at the Burdick Ranch south of Wood Lake, Neb. on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The Burdick family, now with four generations working the land, credit their branding success to neighbors and hire hands. "We run a thousand cows," Ben Burdick said. "If you didn't have help, you couldn't operate." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Morgan Anderson prays before the team's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. "I couldn’t  imagine being done for the rest of my life out of competitive sports," Anderson said. "Nothing is compared to those games that actually count."<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Hockey helmets and uniforms, which provide little coverage on the field, hang in the locker room before the Omaha Heart's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, has moved away from the implications of its former name, though the uniforms remain scant.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago, Illinois - Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016<br />
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Mandela Sheaffer poses for a portrait near his home in Chicago.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar for Bridge Magazine
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016<br />
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Fans gather behind the left field bleachers before the Chicago Cubs' 7-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians in Game 4 of the World Series in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. <br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- Friday, Oct. 28, 2016<br />
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Cubs fan Michael Murphy celebrates as Francisco Lindor was picked off first after a replay overturned the initial safe call in the first inning.<br />
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The Chicago Cubs host the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the World Series in Chicago on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times  <br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- Friday, Oct. 28, 2016<br />
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Joseph Digiovanni, 8, cheers on the Cubs with his brother Pat Digiovanni, 11, at left, and his grandfather  Jim McNulty.<br />
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The Chicago Cubs host the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the World Series in Chicago on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times  <br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois -- Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016<br />
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Peter Holsten, the President and Managing Broker of Holsten Management Corporation, poses for a portrait  inside one of the one-bedroom units at Terrace 459 at Parkside of Old Town Apartments, a mixed income development that has 106 units: 43 market rate units, 27 affordable units and 36 public housing units.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for Curbed
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  • Gerald Beeson, Chief Operating Officer, speaks with a reporter in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.<br />
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Photo by Alyssa Schukar
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  • A surplus of dry dust and ash is kicked up as a herd of bison react to the presence of employees of the Nature Conservancy who, along with help from volunteers and neighbors, cull 110 yearling and two-year-old bison at the Niobrara Valley Preserve, which is located 16 miles north of Johnstown, Neb. Traditionally, the herd is culled in late October, but the recent fires in the area have destroyed more than half of the grazing land, which provides feed. The culled bison will be sold to a feedlot. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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