Topic: Gun Violence

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

A Trace analysis of 10 years of neighborhood-level shooting data found that gun violence is lower almost everywhere than it was in 2015 — but Philadelphians are still reeling from more than 16,000 shootings.

MSNBC contributor and award-winning journalist Trymaine Lee shared insights from his new book, A Thousand Ways To Die, at a Citizen / Free Library Author event last week

A Germantown nonprofit offers Philadelphia students who’ve experienced gun violence the chance to tell their stories on the big screen. The result: healing

The Main Line author, filmmaker and educator's latest book is an allegory about the impact of gun violence on kids

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

MSNBC contributor Trymaine Lee’s new book chronicles the cost of violence on the Black experience in America. See him at the Free Library on September 11

Two city programs are already reducing crime among teenagers. A Temple criminal justice professor says it’s time to scale them.

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