Father Mike

Evan Osnos of The New Yorker writes on the Rev. Michael L. Pfleger, a white Roman Catholic priest that leads Chicago’s largest African American Catholic church. Pfleger is an active political figure on the national scene, often criticizing politicians for their stances on race relations and gun control. “It’s easier to get a gun in my neighborhood than it is a computer,” Pfleger told President Obama. “For many years, nobody even cared about Chicago, because the violence is primarily black and brown.”

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