violence

Today on Your Call: Are gun owners ready for new laws to prevent gun violence even if the NRA isn’t?

Ali Budner — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:55:27 +0000

Dispatches from the Inside: Gang violence erupts again in the CMC

Richard Gilliam — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Richard Gilliam is incarcerated at the California Men's Colony (CMC).

Dispatches from the Inside: Recent gang violence in the CMC could have been avoided

Richard Gilliam — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:23:38 +0000

Richard Gilliam is incarcerated at the California Men's Colony (CMC).

Youth Radio: "When did violence become so normal?"

Bianca Brooks — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:03:55 +0000

Since the Aurora, Colorado shooting, I keep asking myself: when did violence became so normal? It pops up everywhere in American culture. We feel excited it by it when we see it on a screen. We feel proud of it when we see it in uniform, and angered by it when we see it near our children.

Oakland youth view their neighborhoods through a new lens

Nicole Jones — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:46:46 +0000

More of a police presence and better police community relations are good ways to prevent violence, but a group of young men in Oakland are trying a different approach. They call themselves "Warriors for Peace,” and they are part of a violence prevention program that equips and trains teens to make films about Oakland. The hope is that from behind a lens, they will see their city, and themselves, a little differently.