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Left: Shootings per 1,000 residents; Right: Percent households living below the federal poverty linePHILADELPHIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

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Poverty is Violence

Violence spikes as poverty does and the coronavirus pandemic has nourished an already bad situation.

August 17th, 2020

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Photo: Kyle Anderson for The Washington Post via Getty Images

GW wants to arm officers

June 16th, 2023

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Several members of the Youth Unity Walk on a stage, listening to Jeron Williams II speak at a podium beside City Hall in Philadelphia.

Youth Unity Walk

June 6th, 2023

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Children going to school.

Mass shootings in schools

June 5th, 2023

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Safe Cities Summit meeting

"Let us lead the charge"

May 15th, 2023

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A demonstration against gun violence in Philly in 2022

Philly Wants Public Safety

March 15th, 2023

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A vigil at Denver East High School

Remembering Luis Garcia

March 6th, 2023

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Photo: TU Police Officer Fitzgerald

Service for fallen TU police

February 23rd, 2023

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Credit: Temple Police on Twitter @TU_Police

TU mourns fallen officer

February 20th, 2023

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Mazzie Casher will be honored with the Changemaker award at the 2023 AL DÍA Top Entrepreneurs Forum. Photo: German Vazquez.

Let's call for a truce

February 16th, 2023

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Estelle Richman has been named the executive director of the Civic Coalition to Save Lives. Courtesy Photo.

Coalition to Save Lives' ED

December 14th, 2022

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Philadelphia Foundation CEO Pedro Ramos, Urban Affairs Coalition President & CEO Sharmain Matlock-Turner, and Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia chair Mike Innocenzo. Photo Credits: Harrison Brink, Jensen Toussaint, Courtesy Photo.

The Coalition to Save Lives

November 21st, 2022

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Kenyatta Johnson, Photo: Jared Piper/PHL Council and PnB Rock, Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images. The councilmember introduced resolution to honor the late rapper.

Honoring the late PnB Rock

September 26th, 2022

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Rapper PnB Rock is originally from Philly, and was killed in a Los Angeles shooting. Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images

Philly rapper shot, killed

September 12th, 2022

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State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, amongst many co-victims spoke.

Philly’s Family Trauma

August 12th, 2022

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Philly on pace to break its own homicide record from 2021 this year.

A Violent Night

August 4th, 2022

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Almost a year after Fanta Bility's death, the investigative report is released to scrutiny.

Justice Redacted

August 1st, 2022

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8-year old Fanta Bility was the only one killed in the Academy Park shooting.

Justice for Fanta Bility?

July 26th, 2022

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Victim's mother's across Philadelphia came together to share their stories.

Gun violence affects all

July 21st, 2022

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Monday night's killing marked the 300th homicide in 2022. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

The Wrong Deja Vu

July 20th, 2022

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City Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson has been a staunch supporter of the curfew for quite a while. Photo: Jared Piper/PHL Council.

New curfew for Philly youth

July 8th, 2022

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What Our City Needs Episode 4. Graphic: Kianni Figuereo/AL DÍA News.

What Our City Needs EP. 4

June 30th, 2022

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Councilmember Kathy Gilmore Richardson introduced the curfew bill last week. Photo: Jared Piper/PHL Council.

A 10 p.m. curfew?

June 20th, 2022

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Senator Pat Toomey says the Senate is as close as it's ever been to gun legislation. Only time will tell. Photos: AL DÍA Archives (left), Pixabay (right)

Elected officials

Real or a Christmas Tree?

June 8th, 2022

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A bullet shell casing on the street in the aftermath of the mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, which occurred on the night of June 4, 2022. Photo: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

18 and a ghost gun

June 6th, 2022

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A scene from South Street on June 5, after a deadly mass shooting left three dead and 11 injured. Photo: Kriston Jae Bethel/AFP via Getty Images.

South St. shooting charges

June 6th, 2022

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One of the many business fronts hit by gunfire during the mass shooting on South Street on the morning of June 5, 2022. Photo: Kriston Jae Bethel/AFP via Getty Images.

Hope to Bloodshed

June 5th, 2022

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Almost every decision made by Uvalde police during last week's massacre at Robb Elementary has been questioned. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Uvalde Aversion

June 1st, 2022

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Marquis and E were two of the teens AL DÍA spoke to over the course of six months about gun violence. Photo: Kianni Figuereo/AL DÍA News

Growing up with gun violence

May 20th, 2022

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Starting May 9, Philly middle schools students will have to face periodic weapon screenings upon their entrance into school buildings. Photo: Sam Bayle/Unsplash

Weapon screenings in schools

May 9th, 2022

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Pew's annual report offered hope, but some issues that need addressing ASAP. Photo: Pixabay.

Recovery and Safety

April 21st, 2022

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Photo Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

A threat to gun makers?

February 17th, 2022

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Dawud Bey (left) and Maleek Jackson (right) stand in front of a boxing glove floral scultpure to commemorate the lives of those lost to gun violence in 2021. Photo: Brittany Valentine | Al Día News

550 Roses for victims

January 17th, 2022

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Protester holding up an anti-gun violence sign that reads "Not One More."Photo: Johannes Eisele/Getty Images

PHIGHT interrupts violence

December 20th, 2021

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Krasner's Apology

December 14th, 2021

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Las autoridades llegan al lugar del tiroteo en la escuela de Oxford, Michigan. Foto: Getty Images

new school shooting tragedy

November 30th, 2021