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All posts tagged "targeting gun violence project"
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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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1.5KNewsGun suicides felled some veterans; others found a way forward
Daily, an average of 17 U.S. veterans has resorted to suicide, taking their lives at a 52.3% greater rate than other Americans...
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2.1KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayReturning to pre-pandemic activity raises Asian American fears of anti-Asian gun violence
Going on outdoor walks without a mask. Hopping on a Washington, D.C. Metro train without holding my breath. Meeting friends at restaurants...
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2.1KFrom the BureausMillions in seized money expanded Harlem youth hub’s “credible messenger” anti-violence project
Just weeks into his second prison stay — serving a 23-month sentence for charges including gun possession and attempted murder — Dedric...
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1.7KNewsAnnie E. Casey Foundation: Gun shootings fell by as much as 73% in areas where public health-focused “Cure Violence” was implemented
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that shootings fell by as much as 73% in communities implementing Cure Violence, an international gun...
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4.0KNewsIn Florida’s murder capitol, gun suicides are overshadowed by gun homicides
It had been scarcely a year since his son was discharged from the Navy following a suicide attempt, Ramon Day said, and...
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1.5KNews316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through...
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1.9KNewsFew Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...
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42.8KNewsA pistol bought in Mississippi killed a teen in Chicago
Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when...
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5.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Are Terrified Police in Our Schools Will Harm Us
LEV RADIN/SHUTTERSTOCK Every day, I walk into school greeted with silencing stares from armed police officers. They’re not facing the windows or...
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1.7KNewsAbused, Often Homeless, Florida Man Got 2 Life Sentences At 17
In the decades after the civil rights era, Black communities in Jacksonville remained disproportionately impoverished, blighted and policed. Some activists would say...
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3.1KNewsFlorida Attorney Believes Lead Poisoning Is Partial Explanation For Low-income Neighborhood Crimes
Teri Sopp’s former self stares down from a wall in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office. The painting, a gift more...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayTime For Marginalized Communities to Do Their Own Talking, Privileged to Step Back
March on Washington, August 1963, 250,000 people. Women’s March, January 2017, 7 million people, worldwide. March for Our Lives, March 2018, 2...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayMassachusetts Must Focus On Root Causes Of Gun Violence: Racial, Economic Disparity
The year 2020 will be remembered as a year of great upheaval in the United States, with so many lives and communities...
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2.2KNewsWhy Focusing On Women, Girls Could Reduce Gun Violence
Her son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental shooting in which a young woman was killed. Then, instead of a...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayMore Than a Public Health Crisis, Gun Violence Is an Emergency
There have been calls to declare gun violence a public health crisis. I would agree with this statement, which largely speaks to...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayHow To Address The Growing Crisis Of Youth Firearm Suicide
SUZANNE TUCKER/SHUTTERSTOCK Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in the United States. More children and teens die...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayWhat a Biden-Harris Administration Means For Gun Violence Epidemic
Although public health experts have rightly been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic this year, America has been in the grips of another...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayTo Help Suicide Risks, Autistic Youth, We Need Better Laws, Police Training
After losing my son Jonah to firearm suicide in 2016, I speak with groups (temporarily online) about why safe storage bills, such...
