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Domestic Violence
The Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.
Pregnant people are more likely to die by homicide than any obstetric-related cause — particularly if they are young or Black. These three women are seeking justice for their daughters.
Changemakers
Valerie Martinez-Jordan has trained over 2,000 officers in a Louisiana program to prevent abusers from accessing firearms, even as federal laws become looser.
The money will provide a lifeline for shelters and rape crisis centers that have cut services because of dwindling federal support.
The gun lobby opposes the measure, but advocates see it as “a matter of life and death.”
The National Rifle Association once supported red flag gun laws, which are meant to protect people like Dawn Williams-Stewart, a staffer who was shot and killed by her husband.
The Trajectory
A federal statute meant to protect domestic violence victims is being questioned in the Supreme Court, despite evidence that such measures can work. But the challenge could bring renewed attention to how state laws can fill in the gaps.
Chicago
Named for domestic violence victim Karina González, the measure would require law enforcement officers to quickly remove guns from people who have orders of protection against them.
Community Violence
A novel program in Brownsville, Brooklyn, is working to break the links between two of the most common types of shootings.
Bulletin
Two-thirds of gunshot victims in America make it home. For child victims of domestic gun violence, those outcomes are flipped.
Most parents worry a shooting could happen at their children's school. But a Trace analysis found that three times as many kids were shot in domestic violence incidents between 2018 and 2022.
School safety protocols can save lives, proponents say — but experts argue they are particularly harmful to kids who’ve been abused.
Ask The Trace
A reader asks about a provision in the new Violence Against Women Act that requires the federal government to notify local officials when someone fails a background check.
Background Checks
A provision to notify local officials when someone fails a federal background check could be the only gun reform measure to hit President Joe Biden’s desk before the midterms.
How are intimate partner violence and mass murder intertwined, and what can be done to save lives?
