Over the past year and a half, this newsletter has spent a lot of time covering gun violence prevention policy in the ...

ShotSpotter was initially geared towards big cities because of their high crime rates. Now, the company is facing backlash for targeting cities that don’t need it.

Losing Junior felt like losing my childhood. It’s like when they tell you Santa Claus isn’t real; the magic was gone. It was ...

An event in Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood echoes the city’s determination to continue driving shootings down.

Jessica Brown was a 19-year-old college student when her siblings, Juanita Johnson and Rodney Brown, were shot and killed in ...

A new series from Mensah M. Dean, The Trace's Philly staff writer, goes beyond the headlines to put the violence in proper ...

When my daughter was shot in the Gold Coast, her story received media attention, and her killer was sentenced. When my son ...

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This crisis has shattered so many families, including mine. If more people support survivors, we could begin to solve the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson promised to prioritize mental health, but survivors say they’re struggling to access sufficient care.

Walter Palmer, 90, vividly recalls how poverty stalked him — first, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he was born, and then ...

The police kept me from saying my final goodbye. The experience showed me how cold the justice system can be for survivors.