Gun safety

Lior Cooper (BA ‘26) and Isaac Davis (BA ‘26) recount their experience at a peer-led dinner with Dr. Cynthia Ewell-Foster and how candid conversation has changed how they think about firearm policy.

The Hispanic community in Detroit is not unfamiliar to gun violence and institutional harm under immigration policies. The Ford School's Mara Ostfeld and Sam Stragand share how recent policies have impacted community trust levels for law enforcement,...

As school shootings continue to be a problem facing America, policymakers can't seem to make progress when it comes to a response, whether that be improved mental health resources or gun control. Frustrated with the lackluster response, Javed Ali, as...

Major credit card companies announced this week that they will adopt a new code to flag gun sales. While gun control advocates are celebrating, Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program, warns the policy cou...

As the Detroit City Council debates expanding ShotSpotter, a tool that identifies the sound of gunshots, Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, weighed in. "There are things they could be doing wi...

President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law on June 25—the first major gun reform bill in three decades. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Abdul El-Sayed explained it's also the biggest expansion of Medicaid since O...