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Data
Over the past decade, gun violence has expanded beyond the urban limits it is so often associated with, according to a Trace analysis of Gun Violence Archive data.
City Limits
In cities across the Midwest, some asylum seekers are placed in neighborhoods where housing costs are low and crime rates are high.
Community Violence
The money will support prevention efforts in 10 cities.
Citywide homicide rates obscure the vastly unequal safety risks that separate neighborhoods.
Q & A
Precious Lives Senior Producer Emily Forman shares her experience covering the daily drumbeat of shootings in Wisconsin’s largest city.
The Aftermath
"I used to serve a congregation, and now I work at crime scenes.”
In a city with a homicide rate higher than Chicago’s, residents say they feel left behind. “We have lost just about everything,” says one.
Local leaders say they know the drawbacks of harsh prison sentences, but can't wait for federal action to reduce shootings.
Shooters Shop sits just down the road from the notorious gun seller once known as Badger Guns. Here's how it avoids repeating its neighbor's offenses.
Justin George has covered Baltimore's endless shootings from the ground. Here's what residents have told the Sun journalist could help reduce the killing.