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All posts tagged "gun violence"
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1.9KNewsIn separate cities, hard hit by gun violence, gunshot survivors fight against firearms
The backstories of Sakran and Pep couldn’t be more different. But their survivor stories drive their activism about the public health threat...
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1.7KNewsPublic health strategists tackle New Orleans’ gun violence
The research team from Tulane’s schools of public health, medicine and social work is probing how public health concepts and practices might...
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3.0KFrom the BureausWhat happened after Minneapolis removed police officers from schools
By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...
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5.3KNewsAsian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled
Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...
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1.7KNewsWhen students bring guns to North Carolina schools
West Charlotte High School had let out only minutes earlier when, hearing gunfire, school officials ordered an immediate lockdown and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayTeen shooters should be judged as teens, not adults
Few among us are oblivious to the suffering that results from certain crimes committed by youthful offenders. As researchers and citizens, we...
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1.8K► ReportsThe rise of firearm suicide among young Americans
Everytown for Gun Safety releases a troubling new report discussing the stark rise in firearm suicides among youth across the nation and...
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3.3KNewsNew ghost gun rule unlikely to stem violence amid thriving youth gun culture
Ghost guns — so-called because they are nearly impossible to trace — are sold in parts and assembled by the buyer. Until...
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1.3KNewsCritics link lax gun storage to accidental shootings involving youth, mostly in the South
After running toward the sound of a gunshot that still haunts her, Marentha Sargent watched her 14-year-old, Adrienne Lambert, bleeding from the...
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2.3KNewsAt home in Arkansas and globally, shooting survivor campaigns against gun violence
Between Jan. 1, 2022, and April 25, 2022, Little Rock, Ark. — the 24th most violent of 65 cities, according to the...
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1.9K► ReportsStudy: As young as 12, some rural youth regularly carry handguns
About 25% of rural youth in a University of Washington analysis said they were as young as 12 when they began carrying...
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2.7KNewsYouth activists, firearms trainers and police oppose unlicensed gun laws in Georgia and other states
On April 12, Georgia became the 22nd state allowing unlicensed gun-owners to carry a concealed weapon, one in a spate of so-called...
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2.5KNewsFor a child who killed their child, they chose restoration, not prison
The day they came face-to-face with the teen who accidentally shot and killed their son, Brad and Meagan Hulett confirmed, in their...
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1.2KNewsOhio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant
The Columbus police officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last year has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, Ohio prosecutors...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayEffective anti-violence efforts are trauma-informed
The past couple of years have been some of the deadliest for many major U.S. cities. Murder rates have spiked and gun...
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1.4KNewsParents of teen charged in school shooting to stand trial
A judge on Thursday ordered the parents of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to...
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1.6KNewsOxford student seeks gun reform: ‘We deserve to feel safe’
Zoe Touray called for gun reform and school mental health services alongside others Wednesday on the Michigan Capitol steps as she shared...
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1.4KNewsTrayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen’s death changes nation
Trayvon Martin's final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. It ended in...
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1.1KNewsProtesters press Biden over gun violence promises on Parkland shooting anniversary
Four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control...
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2.1K► ReportsA research-based practice guide to reduce youth gun and gang/group violence
The Urban Institute releases a new, research-based guide to help communities reduce youth and gang violence.
