Victoria Clark

2 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Sunny Sone

The Trace Every generation is shaped by the major events of its time. For baby boomers, there was the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War; Gen X saw the Reagan era and the end of the cold war; millennials had the iPhone and the 2008 financial crisis. Gen Z, or people born between 1997 and 2012, has grown up in an exceedingly eventful historical moment. And for them, there’s arguably another factor at play: the proliferation of guns in the United States.

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Champe Barton |Chris Hacker

The Trace Last year, an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found that more than 52,000 former police guns resurfaced in homicides, shootings, robberies, and other crimes between 2006 and 2022. Since then, The Trace’s Champe Barton and CBS News’ Chris Hacker report, over a dozen agencies have pledged to stop reselling their guns or are reconsidering the practice.

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace The beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidency marked a dramatic turn in the country’s relationship with Mexico. In an attempt to pressure the nation to restrict illegal migration and drug smuggling along the southern border, Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports by 25 percent.

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Fairriona Magee

The Trace A group of physicians and firearm researchers are collaborating to create a common metric to measure the lethality of different types of guns and bullets, Fairriona Magee reports in her latest story for The Trace. The effort, which would eventually result in what’s known as a lethality index, could help policymakers better decide how to respond to varying levels of harm.

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Rita Oceguera

The Trace Detroit ended 2024 with 203 homicides, its fewest since 1965, Josiah Bates reported in his latest story for The Trace, published in partnership with Outlier Media. Activists and city officials credit ShotStoppers, a $10 million initiative that drove down gun violence through a collaboration between community-led groups, law enforcement, and city officials.