MS-13 is not the biggest or most violent gang in the US. But its grisly murders and Latino membership inflame Americans’ anxiety about immigration. GOP campaign ads stoke those fears to attack Democrats.
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Toronto Mayor John Tory’s use of race-coded words to describe gun violence in Toronto, including “thugs, sewer rats and gangsters,” stokes racism and serves to justify policing Black communities.
The policing of black British culture has a long history.
The problem is the disproportionate amount of attention on the so-called African gang problem and the way these incidents are being reported.
Youth workers try to use a ‘window of opportunity’ to help young victims of violent crime get out of a cycle of violence.
Trump hopes migrants won’t come if they know their children will be taken away. That grim logic ignores the inescapable dangers that drive thousands of Central Americans to flee their homes each year.
Mental distress, addiction, debt, family dysfunction and abuse are all problems to be milked for profit.
When big data is used for police profiling and surveillance, it puts human rights on the line.
Violence in UK schools is at record levels, but expelling pupils isn’t always the answer.
Thousands of young people have got on their bikes to make a political statement in London’s streets. The government would do well to pay attention.
The British government is not facing up to the serious challenges it faces.
Young people in El Salvador are finding themselves caught up in the war between the gangs and the state.
Attacks can have a serious impact on mental health – and contribute to a disturbing negative cycle.
Trump’s plans to crack down on immigration could create the same conditions that led to MS-13’s birth and expansion.
Are high levels of violence and displacement in Central America and Mexico caused by natural resource exploitation?
El Salvador stands at the centre of the current refugee crisis in Central America. But gang violence is not the only reason why its people are fleeing their country.
Many communities struggle with crime, violence and abuse, but they are not all the same. Those that look to local expertise for solutions offer hope in a world where success in preventing violence is rare.
The spectacular arrival of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children at the southern frontier of the US over the last three years has provoked a frenzied response. President Obama calls the…
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