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The survivors said gun violence has always been a public health crisis in the communities where they live and work—and they have been in crisis mode for years.
It's time to dispense with the 'conventional wisdom' approach that has brought little progress, writes the director of the ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. surgeon general's declaration of gun violence a public health crisis comes as no surprise to people who work in the emergency room at Stroger Hospital of Cook County. The ...
At the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, or INCS, we’ve seen up close the devastating impact gun violence has on students and school communities. Chicago’s charter public schools are ...
Gun violence has become more prevalent in K-12 schools compared to a decade earlier, a new report from the Education Department shows. At the same time, bullying and violence against students and ...
Early voting event for CPS students hosted at CTU headquarters highlights issues important to youth such as solutions for violence and support for Palestine ...
A new study used acoustic sensors that detect the sound of gunfire to show how often children in one Chicago neighborhood are exposed to gunshots while walking to and from school.
After-school murders of Chicago teens rev up the call against gun violence Four teens have been shot and killed on their way home from school in recent weeks. Maybe it’s time to carefully ...
Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remo… ...
Even in a big city like Chicago where gun violence is prevalent, fatal shootings of students near a school as they make their way home have been rare.
At least seven teenagers in Tacoma and elsewhere in Pierce County have died from gun violence this year. Three of those teens were killed in a week.