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Philadelphia
Teachers across the country are struggling to give students the support they need. In Philadelphia, that includes finding ways to protect them from shootings that are approaching record levels.
Law Enforcement
While Minneapolis pursues a complete overhaul, other cities are scrambling to freeze spending on law enforcement.
Community Violence
With voters desperate to reduce shootings, three of the campaign’s black front-runners are embracing aggressive law enforcement tactics that could perpetuate racial disparities.
Gun Policy
Gun violence activists are assembling a multi-state effort to reverse policies they say put people of color at risk.
Coronavirus & Guns
In many cities, gun violence is dealing a double blow to black communities already ravaged by the pandemic. Community outreach workers are struggling to keep up.
Erricka Bridgeford runs Baltimore Ceasefire 365, a grassroots gun violence prevention organization. The kind of work the group does to defuse conflicts and help victims depends on the person-to-person connections that social distancing makes challenging, to say the least. But…
How We Fix This
In Michigan, SURE Moms has created a healing space for parents working to keep their kids out of the juvenile justice system.
Fresno's mayor vetoed Advance Peace, citing a lack of evidence. But new research shows its potential for reducing gun violence.
