Can This Man Save Chicago’s Murder Epidemic?

With decades of brokering peace between gangs, community leader Bishop Omar Jahwar has a plan for quelling violence in the perilous city

William E. Ketchum III
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10 min readAug 6, 2020

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William E. Ketchum III
LEVEL
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William E. Ketchum III is a journalist based in Brooklyn, NY who covers music, TV/film, culture, and mental health for VIBE, NPR, BBC, NBC, Complex, and more.