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Community Violence
Experts say deployments like Operation Legend often bring a rise in excessive enforcement.
Philadelphia
City officials credit multiple factors for the historic declines in shootings, homicides, and other firearm-related crimes.
A Decade of American Gun Violence
In a new analysis, The Trace figured out the number of people who might have lived if gun violence had remained at its 2019 level.
Throughout 2024, I felt good about the steady decline of shootings in my home city of Philadelphia. That changed exactly 12 days before Christmas, when one of the most dangerous weekends of the year reminded me that gun violence remains an epidemic.
Black boys don’t have the time, space, or tools to grieve their losses, Nora Gross argues in a book she wrote after spending two years with a tight-knit group of teens.
As Midwestern cities reject calls for police reform, a chief deputy in Ohio is fighting for a community policing approach to gun violence.
Since a city driver was fatally shot on the job in October 2023, the public and transit workers have been asking for more security. In 2025, Philly’s pilot program will start by retrofitting eight buses with plexiglass.
Chicago
A City Cast Chicago podcast episode goes behind the scenes of The Trace’s three-month workshop.
Seven gun violence survivors, seven stories of Chicago. How might their experiences drive change?
My son was killed soon after he lost his cousin. I wish he’d had a community like mine.
This crisis has shattered so many families, including mine. If more people support survivors, we could begin to solve the problem.
Chicago Stories of Survival
The police kept me from saying my final goodbye. The experience showed me how cold the justice system can be for survivors.
The neighborhoods with the most bloodshed need adequate medical services.
As the youngest child, I don’t have many memories of my brother and sister. I have documents.
When my daughter was shot in the Gold Coast, her story received media attention, and her killer was sentenced. When my son was shot in Hazel Crest, his story barely made the news — and we were treated like criminals.
