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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis, in hopes of building upon last year’s federal gun safety legislation. “Across the country, gun violence is a public health epidemic,” Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin, the chairman of the committee, said in his opening remarks. […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis, in hopes of building upon last year’s federal gun safety legislation. “Across the country, gun violence is a public health epidemic,” Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin, the chairman of the committee, said in his opening remarks. […]
Tunis, Tunisia – In February, Tunisian President Kais Saied warned his country of a plan to change Tunisia’s “demographic make-up”, to turn it into “just another African country that doesn’t belong to the Arab and Islamic nations any more”. As part of this plan, “hordes of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa” had travelled to Tunisia, […]
By The Vanguard Staff NEW YORK CITY, NY – The United Nations special rapporteur on racism this week released, according to the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), a powerful statement charging the U.S. “makes it way too easy for people to receive death-by-incarceration prison sentences, especially Black and Latino people and women who are […]
Last week, actress Keke Palmer filed for and was awarded a temporary restraining order against her ex, Darius Jackson. Palmer alleges she experienced intimate partner violence, including physical, verbal, and emotional — claims Jackson has denied. The developing story underscores the importance of knowing the signs of intimate partner violence, especially for Black women who are […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2023 Contact: Alicia Mercedes, amercedes@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON – Today, the NAACP released a statement calling for international leaders to engage in diplomatic dialogue that addresses the rise in hate across global communities as violence and destruction continue to wreak havoc and claim innocent lives within the Middle East.
An internally displaced woman feeds her daughter at their room in a school reconverted as a temporary center for internally displaced people on Oct. 25, in Tyre, Lebanon. The International Organization for Migration reported 19,646 people had been displaced inside Lebanon since Oct. 8, the day after an assault on Israel by Hamas militants. Manu […]
Bowser Declares Public Emergency Over Youth Violence, Opioids DCist Source link
By Brian McNeill Across the country, the hospital has become a critical location for gun violence prevention: Violently injured adults are at an increased risk of reinjury and mortality after being discharged, and they are 88 times more likely to engage in retaliatory violence. Yet such patients are often difficult to […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices during Tuesday’s oral arguments seemed to lean toward upholding a federal law that prevents the possession of firearms by a person who is subject to a domestic violence protective order. Liberal and conservative justices appeared to side with the Biden administration’s position that the 1994 federal law is in […]