Gun violence
Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
March 19, 2013Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
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A mother fights gun violence
March 18, 2013Janice gives much of her time trying to make life better for working people and people of color in her community, in her union and in the world.
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Baby’s death from gunshot wounds shocks nation
March 12, 2013Prayers poured in from around the country for Jonylah Watkins, the six month-old baby girl who died this morning after being shot five times.
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U.S. shootings: Rockers, metal artists decry gun violence
February 11, 2013You can't sweep issues under the rug, not in a country that goes to the rest of the world and claims to be an exceptional example.
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U.S. shootings: Musicians, too, have been the victims
February 8, 2013"Twenty-four years to the day when John Lennon was shot and killed in front of his New York City apartment building, emerged from behind a seven-foot-high stack of amplifiers."
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