Green Day and Weezer have both just announced new albums, and a massive summer 2020 tour together with co-headliners Fall Out Boy and openers The Interrupters called the “Hella Mega Tour.” It’ll find ...

When four gunshots rang out one summer in Brownsville, a group of people ran toward the sound to prevent any bloodshed — but they weren’t police officers. This group, known as violence interrupters, ...

During the pandemic many of us replaced in-person get-togethers with Zoom meetings. For many people the virtual get-togethers were an important antidote to the loneliness and boredom of being at home ...

WASHINGTON — The DC Peace Academy has now assembled an army of around 150 peacemakers to turn the tide of violence in the District. Twenty-two more violence interrupters graduated from the 14-week ...

When Steven James first premiered “The Interrupters,” his compelling look at activists working to prevent Chicago street violence, the initial reaction at the Sundance Film Festival was uniformly ...

Serenity Jones doesn’t let her anger get the best of her anymore. A 12-year-old River Trail School student, Serenity learned anger management and self-control techniques in the Junior Violence ...

When I read about violence interrupters, I always come back to the same tension. The work is built for moments that rarely make a police report. A brewing argument that never becomes a shooting. A ...