Ameena Matthews, Cease Fire violence interrupter and star of the critically acclaimed documentary The Interrupters appeared last night on The Colbert Report. Matthews held her own in her conversation with Colbert's self-important character.

If the Oscars gave out an award for Best Performance in a Documentary, you'd probably see New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham of "Bill Cunningham, New York" in the hunt, along with horse trainer Buck Brannaman of "Buck." But the frontrunner, no ...

Chicago’s WTTW will host a roundtable discussion immediately following the Feb. 14 broadcast, featuring violence interrupters Ameena Mathews, Cobe Williams Eddie Bocanegra and Director for CeaseFire Illinois Tio Hardiman. Colbert’s on-air ...

Ameena Matthews, whose father is former Black P. Stones/El Rukn leader Jeff Fort, has dedicated her life to preventing crime in Chicago’s roughest neighborhoods as part of the CeaseFire Illinois violence prevention program. Matthews plays a ...

This was announced by the founder of the festival, Oxford University Press (OUP) Managing Director Ameena Saiyid, at a press conference at the OUP office on Thursday. She was accompanied on the dais by writer Asif Farrukhi and the British Council’s ...

Ameena Ambareen, Saira Oommen and Blessy Jos were presented with the Educational Excellence Award at a special function at IIT-Delhi recently. Besides the awards, KRDWG presented a latest version of iPad for the school’s special care section.

"That way, I have my officers back" to work on patrol, rather than transporting offenders to jail. Ameena Matthews, the daughter of El Rukn street gang founder Jeff Fort, disagreed with the idea that drugs and gangs are at the root of the ...

At the doc’s core is Ameena Matthews, daughter of a notorious Chicago gang leader and now devoted to training people to spread conflict-resolution tactics that stop violence. It’s an extraordinary portrait of Matthews, who is a vital, powerful figure.

CHIRP's "The First Time" reading series is tonight, featuring original written pieces about readers' first record. A live band plays songs to accompany their pieces. Tickets for Goose Island's Annual Stout Fest went on sale at 11 a.m., and you ...

art exhibition and performances by Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers, Psyche Corporation, Eli August, Lunares, Muse en Lystrala, Hemlok, Tempest, Samara, Ameena, Troupe Moirae, Lilly Bordeaux, Jeffrey Fong, Matkaare, Casey Lumb, Anansi ...