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Community Violence
A decade ago, two enemies put down their guns in a Michigan city halfway between Chicago and Detroit. They are still risking their lives, helping others disarm, and hoping for more support.
Ricochet
Nash Baker’s social media channels, known as A Million Hits, serve the communities in LA that are most affected by gun violence with on-the-ground coverage of crimes that are often ignored by local media.
BRIC TV embeds with a group of mothers who lost their children to gun violence, the second installment in a series with The Trace.
The first installment of a documentary series by BRIC TV, developed with The Trace, follows members of the Kings Against Violence Initiative as they work with shooting survivors.
Civil liberties advocates worry the NYPD is repeating the mistakes it made with its gangs list — and that innocent people are being tracked without even knowing it.
How We Fix This
Dr. Gillian Naro was working a night shift when her hospital faced an active shooter. In an interview with The Trace, she discusses the experience, and how she hopes to prevent more violence.
Safe Streets sends staffers into potentially dangerous situations in the hopes of halting violence. But after a third Baltimore worker was murdered on the job, some question whether the approach makes sense.
A state program launched amid rising violence seeks to provide counseling on front porches and in pizza joints, instead of trying to draw residents into a clinical setting.
The city hopes that providing officers and residents the space and tools to listen to each other can remedy distrust and prevent further violence.
Analysis
Facing record rates of violence, the city’s leaders are reviving focused deterrence, a crime prevention strategy that has failed there twice. Can they convince the community to give it another chance?
Violence interrupters work in their own communities, guiding their friends and neighbors away from dangerous encounters. Extending that care to other neighborhoods depends on more funding.
Amid a troubling increase in the number of children being shot, the city is investing in safe spaces and after-school programming.
Over the last decade, I’ve documented grassroots efforts to confront gun violence across the borough of Brooklyn. The images show first hand the work of brave residents who tirelessly fight to build safer communities. Much of this series documents…
Aftershocks
Shooting survivors face physical and psychological recovery, often with little to no help. Could reallocating resources bring healing?
Tashante McCoy-Ham and Deion Short became friends before they realized that he had been involved in the shooting that wounded her at 15. “There’s always a deeper story about how people become who they are."
