Voice: Mensah M. Dean

Homicides are down more than 45 percent this year, while all shootings have dropped more than 35 percent. How did that happen — and who is most affected?

For the first time in a decade, three gun violence prevention bills passed the state house this year. Here’s why they still might not become law

… Now, Reverend Christobal Kimmenez helps others do the same, while calling for greater services for survivors of crime and the formerly incarcerated

Gun violence is significantly down in Philly this year, including among young people. But residents aren’t celebrating just yet

Larry Krasner and other law enforcement officials asked residents for their assistance locating homicide suspects. Now they aren’t sure how many they’ve caught

The DA just won his second historic conviction of an on-duty police officer. Here’s why House Republicans are using that against him

On the heels of settling a lawsuit with Philly, the nation’s largest manufacturer of controversial ghost gun kits has now been sued by a local victim’s parents. Are we finally catching up to the ghost gun crisis?

SEPTA didn’t expand its pilot with Conshohocken's ZeroEyes, which manages AI gun-detection technology. How will the City keep riders safe after a surge of gunfire this March?

A District Attorney diversion program is offering a second chance to those with no prior convictions and whose only crime was having an unlicensed gun. It aims to work around a state law that treats Philadelphians more harshly than other Pennsylvanians

Gun violence citywide decreased in 2023 — but attacks on public employees continued to rise. Can the City keep its bus drivers — and other workers — safe?