Bibb County District Attorney David Cooke first heard about school-justice partnerships five years ago on the other side of the country, at...
Gun violence in Maryland disproportionately impacts young Black and brown men and, increasingly, women. Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence has led the...
Flash forward to today. Death by gun violence has surpassed motor vehicle deaths nationwide, and mass shootings are an everyday occurrence. There...
Since COVID-19 hit, communities like New York City's East Harlem have been dealing with multiple diseases: a deadly virus, the ongoing effects...
ESTONES TENKA/SHUTTERSTOCK More than 115,000 Americans will be shot and 40,000 will die from gun violence this year alone — just like...
September usually marks the return to school, with teachers setting up classrooms and youth headed off on a new year of learning...
The national debate about gun violence in the United States generally falls into familiar patterns. We express shock and horror at acts...
The U.S. Department of Justice recently released two statistical reports that appear to stand in contrast. A report released in June of...
When Marcus Wood was a kid, he said, the neighborhood police hosted barbecues for his community, handing out sticker badges, teaching him...
Black freedom fighters in Alabama once changed this country. Speaking onstage in Kelly Ingram Park on Juneteenth, Celestine Hood, a woman who...
Three months ago, the entire nation was rocked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In the weeks since his...
MACON, Georgia — Carl Fambro says Macon’s West Macon neighborhood has been left behind. Anchor businesses at its shopping centers — like...
NEW YORK — Jumaane Williams, New York City’s public advocate, announced his proposal for curbing gun violence in the five boroughs after...
►►►Scroll down for slideshow JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was drizzling steadily on June 6 when one of the largest civil rights protests...
Fresh shell casings are still scattered in the streets. Multiple sets of dice are still rolling like rocks in an avalanche. Bottles...
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) in Richmond, Calif., is a non-law enforcement governmental agency whose sole purpose is to reduce gun...
In the 18 years Paul Tutwiler has led the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation in Florida, the organization has tried a variety...
Today, Synthia Roy works at a tattoo parlor in Jacksonville, Fla., she does set design and makeup for horror films and recently...
Teens On Target (TNT) is a leadership development program at Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, Calif.’s anchor agency for violence prevention, intervention and healing....
In January, Sharral Dean, a therapist at the Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia, was seeing about 30 young clients a week....