The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns The Trace Is Hiring a Freelance Newsletter Writer thetrace.org The Trace is seeking a freelance newsletter writer to write four daily newsletters per week starting immediately and running for at least 10 weeks. The …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns With Violence Still Surging, These States Want to Make It Even Easier to Carry Guns thetrace.org Amid a deadly surge in gun violence over the last year, several Republican-led states are expanding gun rights, sometimes against the advice of local …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesRas Baraka Federal Supervision and Decades of Activism Changed Policing in Newark. Can the Reforms Hold? thetrace.org When the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2021, Newark, New Jersey, reached a policing milestone. The city’s police had gone an entire calendar …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns Biden’s ATF Pick Is an Agency Veteran with an Eye Toward Reform thetrace.org On April 8, President Joe Biden topped off a series of executive actions on guns by tapping David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGoogle Shopping Major Online Marketplaces Allowed the Sale of Pistol Braces, Despite Bans thetrace.org Major online marketplaces that have policies forbidding the sale of gun parts and accessories are still hosting listings for pistol stabilizing …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesWashington (D.C.) Criminal Justice Advocates Criticize Biden Appointee Over Federal Gun Prosecutions thetrace.org Some criminal justice reform advocates are criticizing a Biden appointee’s backing of a Trump-era initiative to shift some Washington, D.C., gun …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesPolicing St. Louis Isn't Completing Police Shooting Investigations thetrace.org The St. Louis Civilian Oversight Board was founded in 2015 as a check on police power in the wake of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in nearby …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns Biden Jobs Bill Would Send $5 Billion to Community Gun Violence Prevention thetrace.org President Joe Biden is proposing a $5 billion investment in community-based gun violence prevention programs over eight years, setting up a showdown …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesFort Worth Texas Considers a Novel Push for Gun Violence Prevention thetrace.org When Rodney McIntosh saw the pistol, his instincts kicked in. He grabbed the armed man’s hand, shoved it down, and pushed him back into his car. It …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns Facing GOP Pressure, the ATF Cancelled Review of Devices Now Implicated in Two Mass Shootings thetrace.org Under pressure from Congressional Republicans, federal regulators abruptly abandoned an apparent effort to restrict a firearms accessory that was …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesLetitia James To Escape a Legal Reckoning, the NRA Went Shopping for a Friendlier State thetrace.org On January 7, the National Rifle Association’s board of directors gathered at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas for the group’s winter meeting. …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesMass Shootings The Way We Think About ‘Mass Shootings’ Ignores Many Black Victims thetrace.org In the days following the mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, media organizations, politicians, and online commentators bemoaned the …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesLori Lightfoot Chicago Violence Prevention Committee Lacks Transparency thetrace.org Last summer, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office revamped a committee, saying it would hold the city “accountable and increase transparency” for …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesGuns Boulder, Like Many U.S. Cities, Passed Its Own Firearm Laws. Gun Groups Got Them Thrown Out. thetrace.org On March 12, a Colorado judge struck down Boulder’s municipal ban on assault-style rifles. On March 16, a 21-year-old suburban Denver man bought a …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Promising Crime Solutions Are Being Undermined by Flawed Federal Ratings, Researchers Say thetrace.org For more than two decades, the Bronx Defenders has provided a holistic form of legal aid to indigent residents in New York. In addition to pro-bono …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesRights & Freedoms Promising Crime Solutions Are Being Undermined by Flawed Federal Ratings, Researchers Say thetrace.org For more than two decades, the Bronx Defenders has provided a holistic form of legal aid to indigent residents in New York. In addition to pro-bono …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Targets Major Gun Loopholes thetrace.org The U.S. House of Representatives voted on March 17 to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation that created sweeping …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Daily Bulletin: Six Asian Women Among Eight Killed in Atlanta-area Shootings thetrace.org What To Know Today Three Atlanta-area spa shootings leave eight people dead. Around 5 p.m. yesterday, four people were fatally shot and one man …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Palmetto State Armory Marketed Boogaloo Then Lobbied Congress thetrace.org Federal lobbying disclosures reveal that Palmetto State Armory, a burgeoning South Carolina firearms manufacturer with a record of using rhetoric and …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesPolicing Her Brother Was Blamed for His Own Murder. Now She Helps Police Treat Families With Dignity. thetrace.org Tashante McCoy-Ham will never forget the way her mother screamed when she learned that her youngest child had been murdered. “Pray for my son,” …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles ‘Up the Block’: A New Resource Hub for Philadelphians Affected by Gun Violence thetrace.org True story: In Philadelphia, we have a section of the city referred to as “the Badlands.” Google Maps even plasters the term over the parts of North …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles The Push to Pay Violence Interrupters a Living Wage thetrace.org Tina Padilla grew up in a part of Northeast Los Angeles with a heavy gang presence. Intent on breaking the “generational curse,” as she calls it, and …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Baltimore's Young Mayor Wants to Do Violence Prevention Differently thetrace.org Dante Barksdale was a Safe Street violence interrupter. Like the other “credible messengers” whom the program relies on, the 46-year-old Barksdale …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Officials Pledged to Address Rising Black Suicides in Chicago. Six Months On, There's Still No Plan. thetrace.org Ninety-seven Black Cook County residents died by suicide in 2020 — the highest total for a single year in more than a decade. The alarming rise came …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles What It’s Like to Be One of Chicago’s ‘Last Responders’ thetrace.org Nearly 1,000 people were killed last year in Cook County, which includes Chicago. Ninety percent of those deaths involved a gun. The victims ended up …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The NRA Owes the IRS $3.4 Million in Taxes and Penalties thetrace.org The National Rifle Association owes the Internal Revenue Service an estimated $3.4 million in taxes and penalties, according to documents filed in …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Senate Democrats Say They Haven’t Given Up on Gun Reform thetrace.org In January, when Democrats assumed control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in nearly a decade, they gained the ability to bring gun …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles Extremists Are Using Gun Rights to Attract New Recruits thetrace.org Far-right extremist groups are talking explicitly about using gun rights rhetoric and conspiracy theories concerning hypothetical gun confiscation …
The Traceflipped into Latest Articles What Are 3D-Printed Guns, and Are They Legal? thetrace.org For hundreds of years, weapons manufacturing has been the domain of arms industry heavyweights: Glock, Sig Sauer, Remington, Sturm Ruger. Making a …
The Traceflipped into Latest ArticlesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo What Are 3D Printed Guns, and Are They Legal? thetrace.org For hundreds of years, weapons manufacturing has been the domain of arms industry heavyweights: Glock, Sig Sauer, Remington, Sturm Ruger. Making a …
