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Historically, juveniles are responsible for a small portion of shootings and homicides. That remains the case today, even as regressive rhetoric resurfaces in America’s most hallowed institutions.
As Illinois enacts changes to its victims compensation program, a group of health care providers, survivors, and activists argues that the state needs to make financial help far more accessible to people who have faced gun violence.
We know that a public health approach can reduce gun violence. With budgets tight, funding those programs will take divesting from law enforcement.
More than ever, our leaders need to prioritize policies and resources that protect vulnerable communities.
On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, outreach workers are going beyond their mission of preventing shootings by filling gaps in social services.
How We Fix This
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Semi-automatic rifles deserve additional scrutiny.
We must recognize that abusers with guns can cause damage well before they fire.
Nza-Ari Khepra, age 21, is already a veteran gun reform activist. She was 16 years old when her friend, Hadiya Pendleton, was shot and killed at a playground near their Chicago high school in 2013. Hadiya was an honor…
“Remember,” I tell the children, looking them in the eyes in the darkened classroom. “Remember to keep the scissors open. They’ll stab better that way.” My students, the target demographic for many a Disney Channel sitcom, laugh nervously at me…
The abrupt demise of DNAInfo and the Gothamist chain of local news blogs sent shockwaves through their cities’ media ecosystems. The outlets helped fill a news hole left by the closing or shrinking of legacy print newspapers in New…
When it crosses over into "going armed to the terror of the public" — and breaks a centuries-old law that may give local governments a new tool for managing violent demonstrations.
As Hurricane Irma bore down on his home state, Ryon Edwards of DeLand, Florida, created a Facebook event page intended to encourage people — or so it seemed, sort of — to fire their guns as an act of…
"I didn't predict how fast the situation would escalate."
Stricken by grief by the July slaying, T.J. Smith, the chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, now feels overwhelmed by the support that has poured in from around the country.
