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Chicago
While many states are striving to issue licenses to individuals afflicted by the war on drugs, Illinois is the first to give preference to those directly affected by shootings.
The violence prevention organization expands its services in the Austin neighborhood, giving youth access to a garden, a recording studio, and career planning resources.
Philadelphia
Fifteen months after the community’s last high-profile killing, Philadelphia’s largest university is still struggling to keep its people safe.
Bulletin
Journalists can do harm while reporting a story. Elevating local voices can help.
A trauma surgeon's study aims to convince more reporters to consider victims' well-being when covering crime.
Community Violence
At a recent convening in St. Louis, recipients of $100 million in federal grants described the funds as a long-awaited acknowledgment that street outreach work has value.
Get involved in our new initiative for survivors of gun violence — and their friends and loved ones — to tell their own stories.
Last month's sweeping law is garnering pushback for its assault weapons ban. But reform advocates have their own concerns about the state's long-term approach.
In neighborhoods that account for 43 percent of Philadelphia's shootings, residents are wary, with some only leaving their homes for essentials.
Two city workers were shot and killed on the job last year, while others were shot and threatened with guns.
Organizers want a community-driven approach to reducing shootings. But most candidates are focused on improving — and investing in — police.
How We Fix This
Critics say there isn’t enough traditional academic evidence to justify government investment in community violence interruption. But the programs are varied and neighborhoods aren’t laboratories, complicating ordinary evaluation.
The city's gun violence crisis claimed more than 90 percent of deaths.
Danielle Outlaw heads a dwindling police force in a city that just logged 500 homicides, but Philadelphians from all walks of life are giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Bout Mine I Matter helps Philly’s youth process their grief through a filmmaking program that integrates behavioral counseling and de-escalation techniques.