Way to Slight the Muslim Angle, NPR

GetReligion co-founder Doug LeBlanc notified us of this absolutely fascinating piece by Terri Gross for NPR’s Fresh Air. It runs about 45 minutes or so and goes through a new documentary called The Interrupters. The documentary was done by Steve James, who also directed the fantastic Hoop Dreams.

We learn about former gang members in Chicago who stage group interventions for at-risk youth. These men and women are known as “violence interrupters” and they work with CeaseFire, a group that has an interesting approach to targeting violence. Basically, the group believes that violence moves in the same way that infectious diseases do. So they aim to “go to the source” to stop it.