A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

Many designs featured poems, lyrics, and memorials for lives lost through serious violence. A 16-year-old project participant created a shirt decorated with scores of pink and purple rhinestones ...

True crime no longer lurks in the shadows. It lives in our feeds, our playlists and our small talk. On a day like Friday the ...

“It’s ultimately a poem. It is not against any religion. This poem indirectly says even if somebody indulges in violence, we will not indulge in violence. That’s the message which the poem give ...

District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.

An ambitious and impressive work, Ross Barkan's book "Glass Century" pulses with the same spirit as his reporting, yet ...

In celebration of its second anniversary, Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club has announced the launch of a companion podcast.

The administration is using dark memes, music videos and personal jabs to boost its immigration policy across social media.

In this novel by the Chinese author Fang Fang, first published in the writer’s home country in 2001 and now in English, we follow Yingzhi, a teenager from a rural village. When she unexpectedly gets ...

The unapologetically progressive mayor was arrested at an immigration detention center. Now, he's hoping to capitalize on ...

As For Venida, For Kalief premieres this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, we speak with Kalief Browder’s older brother ...