As the country responds to Wednesday’s shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical campus that left multiple people dead, and as people continue to mourn the mass school shooting in Uvalde,…
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Deaths and Injuries in Road Crashes are a ‘Silent Epidemic on Wheels’
The Conversation Jun 1, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has generated mind-numbing statistics over the past two years: half a billion cases, 6 million deaths, 1 million in the U.S. alone. But another, less-publicized global scourge…
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The Lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students Who Survive Them
The Conversation Jun 1, 2022As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19 children and two adults. Indeed, the massacre at Robb Elementary…
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How Mass Shootings Leave Behind Collective Trauma
The Conversation May 30, 2022The deadly shooting of at least 19 children and two adults in Texas on May 24, 2022, is the latest in an ever-growing list of national tragedies, leaving families and…
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Has Anything Changed Since the Murder of George Floyd?
Futurity May 26, 2022It’s been two years since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd during a police stop by keeping his knee on Floyd’s neck. What has changed since? Chauvin’s actions, that continued despite…
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Click here for more.The Rise of White Supremacist Violence in the US
Futurity May 24, 2022Rather than indiscriminately shooting, the 18-year-old suspect targeted a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood. He allegedly wrote a white supremacist manifesto online, traveled about 200 miles to the store, and livestreamed…
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Shifts to Reduce Fatal Police Interactions
YES! Magazine May 23, 2022A 2016 study reports that up to half of those killed by law enforcement officers are disabled. Also consider that 10% of all calls to police involve someone suffering a mental health crisis, and…
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How to Advocate for and Protect Black Women
Washington Area Women's Foundation May 20, 2022The conversation helped raise the awareness about safety resources for women, ways to advocate for women and the ever-present need to protect Black women at all times. The #AskHer conversation…
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Funders’ Roles in Fighting White Supremacy
Nonprofit AF May 16, 2022This week, a white man drove 200 miles to Buffalo and murdered 10 people, most of whom were Black, citing the “Great replacement theory” espoused by many right-wing white supremacists.…
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13% of Retail Shooters are Motivated by Racial Hatred
The Conversation May 16, 2022An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, resulted in 10 deaths on May 14, 2022, with the teenage suspect allegedly targeting Black shoppers in a…
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Data Explores Firearm-related Deaths on the Rise
The Rural Blog Apr 26, 2022Firearms surpassed car accidents as the top cause of death among children and teens, according to an analysis of federal data recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Data from the Centers…
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Firearms Are Now Leading Cause of Death for Young People
Futurity Apr 22, 2022Firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, according to a new analysis of federal data. The study in…
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