This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Afghanistan suffered more than 10,000 civilian casualties in 2017, as deadly suicide and complex attacks killed and injured more people than any previous year in the war-torn country, according to the…
This brief explains how Congress and the president can best help reduce our country’s outsized reliance on imprisonment. Successful interventions will need to target issues that previous efforts have overlooked or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a mother and a human being, the Parkland, Florida school shooting cut me to the core. As I know it did so many of you. And as someone who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New York City is growing — but its crime rate continues to plunge. And while a number of factors go into a phenomenon that big, the city’s changing police tactics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A national campaign demanding that political candidates reject funding from the National Rifle Association (NRA) was launched days after the most recent mass shooting on a school campus in Parkland,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Mother Jones project began in 2012 and attempted to recreate earlier years from news records going back to 1982. Early years report at most one or two incidents per…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The February 14th shooting in South Florida has already spurred renewed calls for policy changes and other forms of action to prevent future shootings—but such initiatives are informed by the information that’s available,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After the deadly shooting this week in Parkland, Florida — as well as recent shootings in Orlando, Las Vegas, Nevada, and beyond — discouraged people have taken to social media to express their outrage and grief…
According to the UN, tens of thousands of children are involved in conflicts in over 20 countries. It is a problem that shows no sign of ending, in fact, many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his State of the Union speech, President Trump blamed children crossing the border for gang violence perpetrated by MS-13 in suburban schools, telling the story of two girls killed by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although white and black people use weed at nearly identical rates, black people are nearly four times as likely to be arrested for possession, as Fast Company reported. Even in states where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the displaced people in camps scattered across northeast Nigeria, protection often ends at the compound gate. Armed groups operate in these areas, waiting to attack the vulnerable when they…