Voice: Mensah M. Dean

A new City law — believed to be the first in the nation — requires gun shops to post signs discouraging Philadelphians from buying guns for those not allowed to own them

Research shows curfews do little to reduce crime, but the city's curfew centers have become a vital hub for young people

Women in Philadelphia commit less than 10 percent of the city’s shootings — but make up nearly a quarter of people arrested for straw purchasing

After months of declining gun violence, 57 people have been shot this July. Residents fear what this means moving forward

Warm weather often brings a spike in shootings. Officials are hoping to mitigate it through teen programming and increased patrols

Despite helping to slow bloodshed, several local gun violence prevention community groups are losing federal funding

After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.

The Mayor’s budget would maintain programs that she says helped drive down shootings, despite uncertainty under President Donald Trump

The double punch of the Trump presidency and the end of pandemic relief money leaves a key component of Philly’s success in reducing gun violence up in the air

Philadelphia’s three-year-old Citizens Police Oversight Commission has yet to conduct an investigation. Executive Director Tonya McClary says the Fraternal Order of Police is to blame