Violent Crime Is Dropping Across the Nation—but Not in Washington, D.C. Here's Why.
With 274 homicides, 2023 was the deadliest year in Washington, D.C., in more than two decades.
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Violent Crime Is Dropping Across the Nation—But Not in Washington, D.C. Here's Why.
In 2023, most large U.S. cities saw a precipitous drop in the rate of homicides. Despite the public perception of a rise in violent crime in major metropolitan areas, cities like Chicago and New York City saw dramatic declines in murders from 2022. But a few cities bucked that trend, including the nation’s capital. With the fifth-highest murder rate among the country’s most populous cities, Washington, D.C. has drawn national attention for its recent spike in violent crime.The statistics are sob
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Sociologist Tanya Maria Golash-Boza on the Gentrification of D.C.
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza grew up in Petworth; her latest book looks at D.C.'s policies to identify how structural racism is reproduced.
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What's behind the Washington, DC murder spike? | Opinions
Washington, DC is a fitting microcosm of the general state of emergency in the US.
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Cedric the Entertainer's Debut Crime Novel, Omar Epps' Afrofuturistic Saga and More Books by Black Authors to Fall into this September
From Cedric the Entertainer's first crime novel to the Fly: Big Book of Basketball Fashion, books by Black authors for September.
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