Gun Violence
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Prevalence of ‘Leaky Guns’ Leads to New Initiative with ‘Teeth’
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced a new position in the District, Gun Violence Prevention Coordinator, after homicide rates and…
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Black Children 6 Times Likelier to Be Fatally Shot by Police: Study
Black children were six times more likely to be shot to death by the police than their white peers over…
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College Park Researcher Devoted to Plight of African-American Male Shooting Victims
Steven "Smack" Stax talked about arriving by ambulance to the trauma unit of a D.C. area hospital suffering from multiple…
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Two Arrested in 2002 Killing of Hip-Hop Legend Jam Master Jay
Two men have been arrested in the 2002 slaying of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, law enforcement officials in New York…
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Clergy Lead Peace March Honoring Legacies of Lewis and Vivian
The activist spirit of two fallen civil rights icons reigned heavily on the heart of the Rev. Michael E. Bell,…
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MALVEAUX: The Enemy Within
Even as we resist police brutality, structural racism, and other inequities, we must fight the enemy within, the callous young…
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Atlanta Mayor: ‘We Are Doing Each Other More Harm Than Any Police Officer on This Force’
A range of disturbing incidents has happened since George Floyd's death and subsequent protests against racism and police brutality.
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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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MORIAL: National Gun Violence Survivors Week Highlights Lives Changed Forever
There are more survivors than we might imagine. A shocking 58 percent of American adults have experienced gun violence or…
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GRAY: Silence the Violence for 2020
This month, we began the new decade the same way that we finished the old decade.
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