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 ...

Chicago survivors say gun violence has been a crisis for many years 02:29. West Pullman mom Sherry Nolen's 28-year-old son, Akaeem, didn't survive his brush with a shooter in Jackson, Mississippi ...

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.

It's time to dispense with the 'conventional wisdom' approach that has brought little progress, writes the director of the ...

In 2022, the Englewood area accounted for about 10% of all gun violence that occurred in Chicago. The community is 94% Black and one of the most socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods in the city.

At least two Chicago Public Schools campuses have also been threatened. “When gun violence is the No. 1 killer of children in America and our country is saturated in firearms, ...

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 ...

October 8, 2024 Teens, Social Media, and Reducing Gun Violence: A Roadmap – Moderated by WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Host Joanna Hernandez – Nina Vinik (Project Unloaded), Jadine Chou (CPS), ...

Putting aside red and blue, doctors on the front lines of gun violence are teaching families how to protect themselves and ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — State and local leaders credit a state-funded anti-violence program with what they say has lead to a significant decline in gun violence in Chicago and throughout Illinois ...