Issue 13
400 Million Guns (or More)
The supply side of America's gun problem
Parsing the data
Era by era, how firearms conquered America
How gun manufacturers sell their wares
The case for smarter deterrence
Why making guns slightly harder to get reduces their use in violent crime
How the right to bear arms evolved into an expansive guarantee
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
How life changes when things get hot
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
How substance use shapes the city
Breaking down New York City’s — and America’s — trends in violence and victimization
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
Research meets the real world
*The long-anticipated change to Manhattan’s streets now at the mercy of politics
The death and life of great American cities (again)
Building better transit
Jails can be safer and more humane
Considering the fix the mayor (and the city) are in, from many angles
Breaking down New York City’s, and the nation’s, trends in violence and disorder
Why does it persist? And does anyone know how to solve it?
Do nonprofits have too much power — or not enough?
Vital City at Three
What impact is the administration having on cities and the people who live in them?
The race for City Hall heats up.
The supply side of America's gun problem
In our first special report, public safety veterans Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson provide a detailed, data-grounded roadmap to close Rikers Island that would simultaneously:
We asked radio producer Ike Sriskandarajah and artist photographer Azikiwe Mohammed to capture some of the sights and sounds of Brooklyn’s most iconic greenspace, Prospect Park. What they produced is a sonic-photographic essay, a sensory experience of the people, places and natural beauty at the heart of Kings County.