At Summerville Elementary School (SES), students receive extra support in reading, math and language through several ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Public investments in violence intervention programs are boosting public safety in Chicago. Jason Little is ...

Federal officials, community leaders and researchers are gathering in St. Louis this week to discuss a key component of the Justice Department's plan to combat violence in the U.S: community violence ...

Amid racial injustices laid bare in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, police violence and community turmoil, governments started to invest in a different kind of public safety strategy. This approach ...

The most successful programs aimed at encouraging high-risk young people to attend college go beyond financial aid and often provide tutoring, offer mentors, and involve partnerships with ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Eileen.Buckley@wkbw.com A new state audit paints a troubling picture of the access to important services for ...

Our city is no stranger to violence. Violence has become so common that we have begun to normalize it. In the past six years, we have seen a fundamental shift in our city’s approach to public safety.

With studies showing intimate partner violence in the U.S. has dramatically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, I believe it’s time our state Legislature fully funds court-required domestic ...

A strong case to help improve adherence to health interventions: Outcomes alone should not be our goal; we also need to ...

In the early 2000s, Chicago was at the forefront of a novel and promising violence-interruption effort called CeaseFire, which relied on community members—many of whom were former gang members—to ...

WASHINGTON — A major shakeup could be coming to D.C.'s approach to preventing violence as Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced her "Peace DC" plan Monday. The project would consolidate the District's ...