D.C. gun violence
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Washington Highlands Marks One Year Without Fatal Shootings
Amid a global pandemic, the gun-related death of a local grandmother, and an uprising against racialized police violence, some residents…
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Bowser Enacts Emergency Ghost Gun Legislation
Within a matter of weeks, and amid a slew of gun-related deaths, D.C. officials enacted emergency gun legislation banning the…
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EDITORIAL: CURE is No Quick Fix to Gun Violence
We concur with the OAG who told the council nearly a year ago that violence is not inevitable and that…
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EDITORIAL: Cameras Catch Criminals, But to Reduce Violence, Anger Management Skills May Be the Cure
It's time we helped our community get to the root cause or causes of the anger which lies underneath and…
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Students, Teachers Call for Stronger Response to Gun Violence
For some of the students and teachers of DC Prep Benning Middle School, the gun violence they witnessed outside their…
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Mural Depicting Slain Youth Elicits Tears of Sorrow
The families of five slain District youth poured out their emotions at an Aug. 9 ceremony that celebrated their lives…
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D.C. Activist Leads Search for Solutions to Shootings
Community activists like D.C.'s Roach Brown, known for his zeal and commitment on behalf of returning citizens, have taken the…
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D.C. Mayor Urges Residents to Help Eradicate Gun Violence
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement in support of Friday as National Gun Violence Awareness Day that the…
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Local Attention Pivots to Gun Violence
As they prepare for a student-led march scheduled for Thursday afternoon, friends, family and members of the Somerset Prep DC…
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Community Bookstore Named for Slain Journalist Opens
The Charnice A. Milton Community Bookstore, two years in the making, opened to the public earlier this week during an…
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