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by Keli Goff onMay 2, 2013
Joined by Hadiya Pendleton's mother, BET and the Rev. Al Sharpton aim to return the day to its activist roots.
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by Keli Goff onMay 2, 2013
Joined by Hadiya Pendleton's mother, BET and the Rev. Al Sharpton aim to return the day to its activist roots.
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by Keli Goff onMay 2, 2013
Joined by Hadiya Pendleton's mother, BET and the Rev. Al Sharpton aim to return the day to its activist roots.
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by Mia McKenzie onApril 30, 2013
Blogger Mia McKenzie, in a piece for the Guardian, rails against the country's double standard on gun violence, saying that it seems to matter only when it occurs in white neighborhoods.
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by Jack White onApril 26, 2013
The suspects were "losers" who shut down a city. What will we do when a larger threat looms?
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by Tania Williams onApril 23, 2013
In a piece for Ebony, teenager Tania Williams recounts how the gun violence in Chicago has affected her own life and her family's, including the time a friend was shot on her porch.
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by Marian Wright Edelman onApril 22, 2013
At the Huffington Post, Marian Wright Edelman discusses why it's imperative that Americans don't lose sight of gun control reform.
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by The Rev. Al Sharpton onApril 19, 2013
The Rev. Al Sharpton writes in a piece for the Huffington Post that it's up to each and every one of us to show more courage than the 46 political cowards in the U.S. Senate.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 10, 2013
Michelle Obama teared up as she gave remarks reflecting on her own upbringing, the death of Hadiya Pendleton and the changes she says must be made.
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by Julie Walker onApril 3, 2013
At the Rev. Al Sharpton's annual conference in New York City, Ray Kelly told activists the practice is also lawful.
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