Survivors experience a specific grief within gun violence, and many describe feeling invisible in broader bereavement communities
On the Pine Ridge Reservation, an alliance of Native mothers fights against the meth epidemic and reimagines a future for their people
It has been seven years since the Parkland school shooting, and we are no closer to enacting stricter gun laws
A young girl lies tossing and turning in bed, her sleep interrupted by thoughts of news stories about teenagers falling victim to gun violence. When the sound of gunshots rings out, she jolts up in bed, breathlessly checking herself to see if she’s been hit or if it was
As growing concerns of authoritarianism grip the U.S., residents of Long Island’s Nassau County are pushing back on a new government initiative deputizing armed civilians. In March, Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman began recruiting armed citizens and training them to respond to natural disasters, unrest, and other
In July 2023, a former boxer was convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Puerto Rico—a gruesome crime that drew attention to the island’s epidemic of gender-based violence. The boxer was found responsible for kidnapping leading to death and causing the death of an unborn child. According to
Advocates warn SafeCam programs could be harmful to overpoliced populations
A hidden stipulation in the 2021 law comes after a series of highly restrictive education laws across the country
The violence Asian Americans fear is real—but we can, and must, do better than increasing a police state that targets marginalized people
Journalism initiatives offer solutions to gun violence and teach formerly incarcerated people how to report their own stories
Expanded criminalization fails to undermine the power matrixes that produce mass shootings
Survivors of last month’s Uvalde, Texas, shooting are vulnerable to long-term mental health effects
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