gun violence

Guns too often become tools of intra-communal violence at the hands of cis het Black men

Black women are the most likely to be unarmed when killed by police, according to study

Sacramento police shoot Stephon Clark 20 times in his own backyard, falsely claim he had a crowbar in his hand

Dick’s Sporting Goods claims massive support after it stops selling assault rifles, increases age limits for guns

Woman told FBI that Nikolas Cruz might carry out a massacre one month before Florida shooting

15-year-old girl who declined a grown man’s advances ID’d him as her shooter before her death

Man kills 14 year old son because rigid masculinity standards are murderous

How two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

Here’s What’s Missing From Reporting On Chicago’s ‘Bloody August’

Chicago Police Call Trump’s Bluff On Ending Gun Violence

Poll: Young adults support new efforts to curb gun violence

34 HBCU Presidents Call For National Gun Violence Symposium

A tearful President Obama puts the right to life over the right to bear arms

New syringe that plugs gunshot wounds gains FDA approval

Report: Murders in Chicago down, shootings up

Where’s the outrage for this 9-year-old’s execution?

Mothers take crime scene, use it as ‘street lesson’ for sons

Sixth person charged in death of Endia Martin

14-year-old girl charged with murder of peer over alleged Facebook dispute

Chicago activist shot to death after leaving anti violence event

2 teens murdered over Facebook argument

BYP 100’s Jamira Burley among those honored at White House event

Miracle: 2-year-old shot in head during drive-by expected to make a full recovery

Tracy Martin: ‘America values guns more than the lives of our kids’

Woman shot in head expected to make miraculous recovery, posts to Facebook

Video: Mother of slain child uses music, social media to spread message of peace, find son’s killer

4 charged in death of Omaha girl killed by stray bullet

One year ago today, the world lost Hadiya Pendleton

Nebraska has highest black homicide rate in nation

Oakland mother loses two sons to gun violence in less than 3 weeks

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