Photo Editorial credit: Whitney Welshimer BY Ruby Mendenhall and Loren Henderson Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America. In the U.S., Black people are likelier than white people to reside in impoverished, racially segregated communities with high […]
Manhattan, New York/united States – May 11 2020: Protest Against Police Brutality, Violence and Racism. (Shutterstock) By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kerwin Webb said he knows the terror that young Black men experience when being pulled over by police. Webb said tensions are often high and adrenaline is rushing because in too many cases, Black […]
New York City, NY USA October 28, 2021. Police investigate the scene where a person was shot in the leg on Manhattan’s Upper Westside. (Shutterstock) By News 12 Staff Newly appointed Gun Violence Prevention Czar A.T. Mitchell and community advocates rallied to call for changes to gun laws on Wednesday. The rally was held outside […]
New York City, New York/USA May 30, 2020 Hundreds took to the streets of Manhattan protesting against police brutality after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (Shutterstock) By Akron Beacon Journal The hail of more than 90 bullets fired by police at Jayland Walker early Monday sounds like “a whole […]
Students from Miguel Contreras Learning Center high school protest in front of City Hall after walking out of school to protest gun violence in Los Angeles, May 31, 2022. (Shutterstock) (Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Democratic Majority is passing legislation to strengthen gun safety measures and ensure deadly weapons stay out of the wrong hands. […]
New York, NY – January 7, 2019: New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks at rally on reproductive health act at Barnard College. (Shutterstock) (Albany, NY) – Please use the following Dropbox link to watch Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousin’s interview on CNN Newsroom regarding gun legislation being passed tomorrow: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zck0dkkl5t8p7pp/Stewart-Cousins–060122-CNN.mp4?dl=0
New wear Orange and gather to honor all those lost to gun violence in Buffalo, Texas, NYC and across America, at Foley Square, New York City on May 26, 2022. (Shutterstock) By America’s Voice Washington, DC – USA Today published an important story over the weekend: “Republican leaders yet to denounce racist replacement theory repeated […]
Uvalde, Texas – United States – May 26, 2022: Community members at the Robb Elementary School memorial pray, visit, and leave tokens of affection at the crosses dedicated to the victims of the shooting. (Shutterstock) By Lindsay Kalter, WebMD May 27, 2022 — In a seemingly endless stream of tragic news out of Uvalde, TX, […]
By Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY Tuesday’s school shooting has left many people at a loss for words, overwhelmed with emotion. In her latest poem, Amanda Gorman is capturing those feelings and transforming the speechlessness into stanzas. The poet and activist, 24, took to social media Tuesday to share the gun violence-focused verse. “Schools scared […]
Victims are still being identified; shooter was killed by law enforcement.
By Rebecca Salinas & David Ibañez, KSAT An 18-year-old man killed at least 19 students and one teacher at Robb Elementary in Uvalde in what is now Texas’ deadliest mass school shooting, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The shooter was killed by law enforcement officers. Nine victims have been publicly identified by […]