This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 1, 2011. The Interrupters will be broadcast on Frontline on Feb. 14, 2012. For 11 years, former gang members in Chicago have entered dangerous ...

I probably couldn’t pay you to see The Interrupters, Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz’s new documentary about the plague of violence in Chicago’s black neighborhoods and the few good folks who try to ...

The Interrupters’ fourth studio album, In The Wild, was one of last year’s most uplifting and vulnerable punk releases. Now, the ska quartet are back with a deluxe edition that’s filled with plenty of ...

Inspired by a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James’s commanding documentary The Interrupters, about “violence interrupters” in Chicago, who intervene in conflicts before ...

A new documentary chronicles the work of violence interrupters, former gang members dispatched to their old Chicago neighborhoods by an organization called CeaseFire to stop youth violence. NPR talked ...

When Steven James first premiered “The Interrupters,” his compelling look at activists working to prevent Chicago street violence, the initial reaction at the Sundance Film Festival was uniformly ...

Green Day and Weezer have both just announced new albums, and a massive summer 2020 tour together with co-headliners Fall Out Boy and openers The Interrupters called the “Hella Mega Tour.” It’ll find ...

A program to reduce violence in the streets of Springfield will kick off today with the announcement of the men chosen to be ‘violence interrupters’ in the city. The program starts after violence in ...