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by Hillary Crosley onSeptember 17, 2012
We caught up with Sharpton during his campaign to tackle rising violence in our streets.
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by Hillary Crosley onAugust 24, 2012
A gunman began shooting indiscriminately in New York's Midtown on Friday morning.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 7, 2012
ColorLines' Rinku Sen argues that it's not enough to say Sikhs were "unfairly targeted."
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by Hillary Crosley onMarch 31, 2012
The athlete's nephew becomes a victim of Chicago's continuing gun-violence problem.
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by Lynette Holloway onDecember 1, 2011
A father was holding his 1-year-old son when gunfire broke out in a parking lot.
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by The Rev. Al Sharpton onOctober 28, 2011
Elected officials and leaders must hold gun buy-back programs, among other things, to help rid the streets of dangerous weapons, the Rev. Al Sharpton writes in a blog entry at the Huffington Post.
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by Nsenga Burton onJuly 11, 2011
Four shootings and stabbings occurred in one hour.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onMay 20, 2011
Alexander Alfaro took a machete to three New Jersey students before his cronies shot them execution-style.
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January 26, 2011
Amid revived debate on the issue, President Obama plans to tackle gun control.
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by Kevin Powell onJanuary 25, 2011
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords isn't the only one suffering from gun violence in the United States -- not even close. Asks writer and activist Kevin Powell, what about the victims in places like Brooklyn, N.Y.?
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