Policy
Issue 5
Nuts and Bolts: Solving Gun Cases
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
Highlights from the Journal
Editors' Note
Elizabeth Glazer and Greg Berman
What does it take to solve a shooting?
New York City vs. Guns: A Conversation With Eric Adams
Vital City
The mayor talks about the progress made and the distance yet to go.
When City Streets Really Are War Zones
Aaron Chalfin and Brandon del Pozo
Young men living in some parts of Chicago would have been safer fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Cops Are Crucial
Anthony A. Braga and Philip J. Cook
What police can do differently to save lives
Arms and the Men
Joseph Richardson Jr.
Police neglect is a major reason many young Black men carry guns.
Brass Tacks: Bill Bratton, Joseph Zayas and others propose policies and programs that could make a difference now
A Survey
Six ways New York can spare more people from shootings today
Journal Issues
Issue 1
Gun Violence
Vital City's first issue looks at the problem of gun violence and how it might be solved.
Issue 2
How We Live Together
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
Issue 3
The Power of Place
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
Issue 4
Summertime!
How life changes when things get hot
Issue 5
Nuts and Bolts: Solving Gun Cases
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
More to Explore
Gun Violence in New York City: The Data
What to Do About Closing Rikers
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:
Sunday in the Park with Everybody
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.