Nov 27, 2024
A recent Temple study found that gun violence surged as the Covid-19 pandemic worsened poverty, unemployment, and structural racism.
Documentarian and author Jo Piazza heard over and over again that a key part of driving down gun violence is increasing job opportunities for the men most likely to fall into the...
Nov 6, 2024
Documentarian Jo Piazza asks, are there actually proven solutions to gun violence in this city? In the third episode of the Citizen's flagship series, Jo introduces listeners to organizations in Philly that have made meaningful progress, even if it isn’t easy. Underlying these programs are strategies like using data...
Oct 18, 2024
In the second episode of Jo Piazza's acclaimed docuseries, Philly Under Fire, we tell the story of trauma nurse Rhonda Browning, who has been treating shooting victims for two decades. She has held the hands of countless young men, who in their most painful moments, beg for their mothers. Browning fills that...
Oct 8, 2024
Philadelphia experienced a tragic surge in gun violence in 2020, with 500 of our fellow residents killed and another 2,200 shot. Today we look back at that dramatic and heartbreaking moment in time with Roadmap To Nowhere, the first episode of Jo Piazza's acclaimed docuseries, Philly Under Fire.
May 20, 2021
Less than half of the murderers who committed crimes in Philadelphia in 2020 were brought to justice. There are Instagram and YouTube accounts dedicated to unsolved murders in Philadelphia. The mothers of the victims are fed the hell up and they have taken to the streets to solve the murders on their own. They’ve had...