Mensah M. Dean for The Trace, Author at Grid Magazine

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Mensah M. Dean for The Trace

#191 April 2025/Community/Race and Equity

Philadelphia’s status as the nation’s poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. It is the third story in a three-part series about the roots and realities of gun violence in Black America. You can read the first installments at thetrace.org. Sign up for The Trace newsletters here. Walter Palmer, 90, vividly

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April 1, 2025
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