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Gun Violence

Best Article

Twelve Minutes and a Life

Ahmaud Arbery went out for a jog and was gunned down in the street. How running fails Black America.

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Mitchell S. Jackson Runner's World Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Crime History

‘You don’t understand, Captain. He has a gun’: The Hijacking of Flight 1320

An Eastern Airlines shuttle to Boston 50 years ago started out routine. It ended up changing how America flies.

Neil Swidey The Boston Globe Mar 2020 40min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Line of Fire

Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

Natalie Weiner SB Nation Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Crime

The Tragedy of Baltimore

How order collapsed in an American city.

Alec MacGillis ProPublica Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Life After Parkland

Athletic director Chris Hixon died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. As a nation watched, his wife Debbi had to find a way to grieve.

Devon Heinen New Statesmen Feb 2019 35min Permalink

Crime

Easy Targets

Tracking stolen firearms through the black market, from gun store thefts to crime scenes.

Brian Freskos The Trace 15min Permalink

Politics

David Hogg, After Parkland

On trying to figure out what’s next.

Lisa Miller New York Aug 2018 30min Permalink

Gun Culture Is My Culture

And I fear what it has become.

David Joy New York Times Magazine Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Crime

"Did Your Father Die?"

To be a second-grader contending with violence.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Apr 2017 20min Permalink

Crime

A Radical Approach to Gun Crime: Paying People Not to Kill Each Other

The impact of a life map and a stipend on those in the gang life in Richmond, CA.

Jason Motlagh The Guardian Jun 2016 30min Permalink

Crime Politics

Women and Guns

Ten stories on guns, ranging from competitive shooting, to girl gangs in Chicago, to the sisters and mothers of mass shooting victims.

Marie Claire Feb 2016 30min Permalink

Tech

The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life

“I guess what you post on Facebook matters.” An 18-year-old faces 10 years in jail for a sarcastic threat on Facebook.

Craig Malisow Dallas Observer Feb 2014 10min Permalink