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All posts tagged "gun violence"
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1.7KNewsStudies Show That Violence Prevention Saves Cities Money — Lots of Money
In the 18 years Paul Tutwiler has led the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation in Florida, the organization has tried a variety...
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2.5KNewsRole of Guns Not Tracked For LGBT Community
Today, Synthia Roy works at a tattoo parlor in Jacksonville, Fla., she does set design and makeup for horror films and recently...
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1.6KNewsAlabama Anti-gun Violence Activists Expect Uptick In Shootings Due to COVID-19 Stress
As coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life, anti-gun violence advocates worry the communities hit hardest will see spikes in shootings.
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1.8KNewsCoronavirus Produces School Closures, Uncertain Futures, Extra Stress for Alabama Teens
“You could say I’m an expert at being stuck at home,” said Jacob Frazier, a 17-year-old high school senior who is abiding...
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2.2KNewsAmid Huge Gun Sales, Coronavirus Already Linked to Spike in Florida Violence, Suicide
Theirs was supposed to be the kind of family people dream of having; a father, mother, son and daughter living in domestic...
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2.0KNewsRural Residents Who Struggle With Mental Illness Are Isolated, Stigmatized, Not Near Help
Tucked in the Cheaha foothills of eastern Alabama, Ranburne is home to 409 people.
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1.7KNewsQ&A: How We’ve Criminalized Mental Illness
When someone with mental illness is in crisis, families often call police for help.
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1.5KNewsPeople Stocking Up On Guns Though Safety Classes Unavailable
Across the nation as confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise, people are stocking up on more than groceries and toilet paper. Americans...
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1.8KFrom the BureausMeet ‘Firefighter’ in Middle of New York Hospital’s War Against Gun Violence
On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community...
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3.9KNewsYear of Coverage On How Communities Target Gun Violence
The Center for Sustainable Journalism is covering how communities target gun violence through 2020. This video summarizes some of our coverage from...
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1.7K► ReportsGuns on College Campuses
The Urban Institute explores the effects and reception of the recent Kansas campus carry legislation by collecting data and speaking with higher...
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2.0KNewsAlabama Mayor Says Peace is Everyone’s Responsibility
Mayor Randall Woodfin says Birmingham is ready for peace. With a call for communitywide investment, the mayor says it’s time for solutions...
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4.2KNewsBirmingham Mayor, Grassroots Organizers Believe They Have Gun Violence Solutions
When Randall Woodfin received the call that his older brother, Ralph Jr., had been shot, he rushed to the scene in the...
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3.2KNewsCommunity Activism a Family Tradition for Head of Violence Interruption Program
She remembers the frantic knocks at the door and the family friend who waited almost hysterical on the other side.
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5.7KNewsJackson, Miss., Turns to Innovative Program to Lower Its Gun Deaths
Mississippi’s capital city is becoming a petri dish for an experiment designed to stop an epidemic of gun violence that claimed 84...
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2.0KNewsRecommended Gun Laws for Illinois Could Have Prevented Shooting: Center
Not long after a shooter killed five people at an Aurora, Ill., warehouse, Johns Hopkins released a report listing ways Illinois could...
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3.4KFrom the BureausTrauma Runs Through Gun Violence Among Black Youth, Researcher Says
Of all the threads of injustice, trauma is the common theme that contributes to a culture of gun violence for black youth...
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2.4K► ReportsSmart Investments for Safer Schools
The Center for American Progress takes a look at the different ways in which governments are allocating funds for school safety in...
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2.9KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students Use ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ to Explore Solutions to Gun Violence
It’s early evening on a warm Tuesday in March, and a handful of teenagers are commanding rapt attention in a corner of...
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1.2KFrom the BureausGrim Anniversary of Gun Violence Against Children in Sandy Hook, New York City
On a cold, rainy early spring night in 2014, I attended the private meeting of a tragic club nobody wants to join....
