Voice: Mensah M. Dean

In Brother Epistles, set to be released this month, Dr. Shanda McManus delves into her decades-long grief after losing her brother to a shooting, and examines the forces shaping the lives of other young Black men.

Store clerks throughout the state have been robbed and shot while handling payouts for slots-like games in corner stores. Local officials aim to curb the practice

Police revoked the licenses of a Black Panther-inspired group because of their “character and reputation.” The Black Lions argue it’s payback for policing the police

When police die by suicide, their loved ones often lose benefits. Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, may now change that

A new Philadelphia program — modeled on an already-successful version for adults — helps young people put down the guns

Is this City-funded program — which also helps participants build job skills and rethink decisions — responsible for Philadelphia’s declining homicide rate?

How community organizers in Philly plan to keep gun violence down in 2026

Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. The H.O.M.E Plan calls for building and rehabbing 30,000 homes in four years

As officials create a new public safety plan, Philadelphians offer City officials their ideas on how to continue fighting gun violence

A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters like their colleagues in the eastern part of the state. But the laws may not stick