Parker’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan

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

By Mensah M. Dean

Will We Still Cut Gun Violence Under 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

By Mensah M. Dean

Philly’s Disappearing Police Force

Gun crimes are dropping despite the Police Department being short 1,100 officers. Is that sustainable?

By Mensah M. Dean and Afea Tucker

Poetry in Emotion

A pair of Germantown poets play host to a series of workshops and art installations that explore the untapped emotions of gun violence

By Delaney Parks

Life in Poverty, Punctuated by Gun Violence

Philadelphia’s status as the nation’s poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire.

By Mensah M. Dean

The Intergenerational Fallout of Gun Violence

Gunfire in Philadelphia has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, and children. The losses reflect what’s at the root of America’s shooting epidemic

By Mensah M. Dean

Breaking the Curse of Gun Violence

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?

By Mensah M. Dean

How To Really Run A City

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By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

The Common Sense Gun Laws Stuck in Pennsylvania’s Senate

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

By Mensah M. Dean
Guest Commentary

Clean and Green Philly Where It’s Most Needed

The leaders of a new tech nonprofit on how Mayor Parker can use data to achieve her safer, cleaner, greener and more equitable Philadelphia

By Nissim Lebovits and Amanda Soskin