Violence

New research on the Chicago Police Department finds that working with fellow cops who have been accused of excess force increases the odds that an officer will face similar charges later on.

In 2018, more than 160 land and environmental defenders were killed—many of them Indigenous.

The "Remain in Mexico" plan promised humanitarian visas and work permits. But asylum seekers are being sent back to dangerous living conditions.

Since 2011 inmate-on-inmate homicides have risen 46 percent in county jails statewide compared with the seven years before.

Separating our conversations about school shootings from our conversations about video games will improve our approach to both.

Children play in a camp of the Roma community that was attacked during the night of March 25th in Bobigny, near Paris, on March 27th, 2019.

The Christchurch shooting continues a global pattern: Around the world, the majority of victims of terrorist attacks are Muslim.

New research finds that contemporary songs in both genres are the most likely to contain violent imagery.

In Minneapolis–St.Paul, Minnesota a number of organizations are using community collaboration to steer young people away from potential political extremism.

Residents flock to a local polling precinct to cast their votes on February 6th, 2019, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines.

The most popular streaming shows are quite violent, and they convey a dark, distorted view of society.

This week, protesters calling for President Emmanuel Macron to resign filled the streets from Paris to Bordeaux.

Legal experts and migrants' rights advocates warn that the crisis will persist as migrants continue to arrive in Tijuana and other border towns.

Police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse Sinhala extremist monks from Bodu Bala Sena on November 19th, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

On November 7th, 2018, a police officer lets a member of the public out of a crime scene near "Billy Fury Way," where a teenager was stabbed the previous evening in London, England.

The Pittsburgh massacre wasn't the first—or last—act of anti-Semitism in the past week.

Studies find that many of them connect with like-minded believers online and broadcast their ideology and intentions before they act.

Twenty-five years following a survivor of childhood sexual trauma and abuse.

A demonstrator holds an American flag emblazoned with the names of victims who were fatally wounded by police officers.

Protests swelled in Iraq's second-largest city this week as residents experienced power shortages and went without clean water.

Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5th, 2018.

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Al Gore about climate change to a look at a unique school improvement model that's showing promising results.

Yemeni children take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada for children killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition last week.

Security forces respond to a stabbing attack that took place at the Adam settlement.