This article about Chicago's gang/drug problem shows how a community's media - public, community, online and mainstream - can empower its citizens and government to define and solve all kinds of intractable problems.
A poll, a petition and other information is at the site.
The full article is online here.
Chicago's gang/drug crisis underlies its education crisis and its financial crisis as well.
Chicago will solve these crises only when its mayor, businesses, schools, civic institutions and its people are working to solve them in ongoing, problem-solving dialogues conducted in Chicago's media (public, community online and mainstream).
Critical to solving gangs and drugs role of a market-driven, problem-solving civic media that enables Chicagoans of all ages, backgrounds and ties to gangs and drugs to listen to and learn from each other.
We stress that Chicago media that will profit handsomely by tapping the Market of the Whole of all Chicagoans who want an intelligent voice in the government decisions that affect their lives and neighborhoods.