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WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Long-delayed DHS report calls white supremacy top domestic extremist threat. “I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years,” acting Department of Homeland…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY A theory for this year’s rise in violent crime: The pandemic disrupted some of the most promising community-led models. As numerous data analyses have shown, homicide and shootings…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NRA head Wayne LaPierre is said to be the subject of an IRS criminal tax fraud probe. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports that the investigation comes as the result…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: How do you do base violence interruption at hospitals when the hospital is off limits? Pioneered by a gunshot survivor 30 years ago, the approach is based on the insight that violent crime…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: The case that could topple the gun industry’s special legal protections. Brought by the family of a 13-year-old boy accidentally shot by a friend, the suit argues that the Springfield Armory gun that…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Another official warning of election violence. Onthe same day that President Trump escalated concerns about voter intimidation with remarks during the first 2020 debate, the FBI’s Dallas office issued an intelligence…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Pressed during the debate, Trump declines to disavow militia groups and white supremacists. The first face-off of the 2020 general election was marked by President Trump’s interruptions and hectoring, and the segment on violent…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Clues to Amy Coney Barrett’s views on the Second Amendment suggest she may vote to strike down gun restrictions. With Senate Democrats unlikely to succeed in their efforts to prevent the confirmation of President Trump’s third nominee…
WHAT TO KNOW AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S DEBATE It’s true that violent crime has risen sharply so far in 2020. Early in the pandemic, The Trace reported that shootings were a notable exception to a broader coronavirus…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Preventing armed intimidation at the polls. The 2020 campaigns are playing out against the backdrop of rising militia activity and dozens of documented cases of armed groups appearing…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: In a virtual classroom, how do you care for kids threatened by gun violence? In Philadelphia, educators are trying to address a specific challenge of shifting schooling online: When students aren’t spending…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Body cams: Politically popular. Widely adopted. Questionably effective. A recent survey found 91 percent support for requiring police officers to wear cameras that record their actions during stops, and many police departments…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY DOJ threatens to cut off federal funding from cities permitting “anarchy, violence, and destruction.” In a memo published on Monday, Attorney General William Barr listed three jurisdictions that he said had “permitted violence and destruction…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Guns and the Court after RBG. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacancy leaves an already right-leaning court with a five-to-three conservative majority. From abortion to voting rights, it’s difficult to overstate the impact of her passing on American…
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Researchers have quantified the news coverage gaps for homicide victims in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Scholars from the University of Chicago and Stanford analyzed more than 2,200 news articles about homicides in Chicago in…
