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In Guns We Trust
Gun restrictions were not always so fraught in America. The second episode of “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust” explains how the National Rifle Association seized on the Second Amendment to change the course of history.
The first episode of “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust” explores the legacy of the infamous mass shooting in Littleton, Colorado.
In the coming season of "Long Shadow," Trace staffers help explain how guns became a cultural signifier as our crisis of violence spiraled.
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Year in Review
Highlights from a year on the gun violence beat.
These are the stories from across the media landscape that stuck with us.
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The Gun Machine
WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — about the firearms industry’s grip on our country.
The veteran journalist will guide local coverage and audience work at the nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting on the gun violence crisis.
With bureaus in Chicago and Philadelphia, our nonprofit newsroom is testing a different model for covering gun violence on the ground.
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2022 in Review
The work you don't want to miss.
10 stories that added to our understanding of a multifaceted issue during an especially difficult year.
Another prize went to our “Up the Block” project, and follows a trio of awards from the National Association of Black Journalists this summer.