Topic: Crime

The race for DA is off to a too-familiar start. Here’s hoping it will include a debate over what smart reform might look like

It’s nearly three years in. Is there any data to suggest the progressive experiment of D.A. Larry Krasner is or is not working?

A virtual panel discussion last week was full of talk of reform. But you wouldn’t have known we’re in the midst of a tragic murder epidemic

Philly’s homicide rate continues to rise, even during the quarantine. Where, WURD’s mid-day host wonders, is Danielle Outlaw in all this?

People are being shot while the Mayor Jim Kenney and the D.A. Larry Krasner snipe at each other. Where, WURD’s midday host wonders, are the leaders we need?

Studies show that cleaner and greener neighborhoods lead to lower violence. WURD’s afternoon host urges city leaders to act like it

Violence is often linked to hunger. That’s why we need more—not fewer—supermarkets in Philadelphia

And it’s time our leaders start acting like it

Philly gun violence is rising at an alarming rate. Are you paying attention, Larry Krasner?

Thousands of illegal guns from Pennsylvania are used in violent crimes every year. Why don’t we track them like they do in New York?