By Dr. Aaron Horne, MD Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Summit Health More than a year and a half into a global pandemic that has disproportionately impacted communities of color, we […]
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From Celebration to For Sale: How America is Already Commercializing Juneteenth
By Marlissa Collier Were y’all able to get your Great Value Juneteenth ice cream, plates and napkins before Walmart pulled them off the shelves? Yeah, me neither. It all happened […]
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Sentencing Project Report Debunks Myth of Youth-Led Crime Wave
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The D.C.-based research and advocacy nonprofit, The Sentencing Project, has debunked a widespread narrative that youth crime has exploded during […]
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Arrests and Prosecutions Continue in DOJ Investigation of Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia As a Congressional committee continues to hold hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice […]
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Rev. Barber Talks to the Black Press about the Upcoming ‘Moral March on Washington’
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia National Newspaper Publishers Association President & CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President and […]
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Uvalde’s “back-the-blue” values collide with outrage over police response to Texas’ worst school shooting
BY JASON BEEFERMAN, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org UVALDE — As in many small Texas towns, law enforcement officers here eat free at local taquerias on some days and get complimentary haircuts […]
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Uvalde gunman legally bought AR rifles days before shooting, law enforcement says
BY REESE OXNER, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org The gunman in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history bought two AR-style rifles legally just after his 18th birthday — days before his […]
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Top Texas Republicans resist gun control and push for more armed teachers and police at schools in wake of Uvalde shooting
BY JOSHUA FECHTER, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org In the hours after a gunman killed more than 20 people at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday, the state’s top Republicans sought to […]
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“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief
BY ERIN DOUGLAS AND JASON BEEFERMAN, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org UVALDE — Dozens of families in this South Texas town, roiled by the deadliest school shooting in modern Texas history, waited […]
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21 killed at Uvalde elementary in Texas’ deadliest school shooting ever
Robb Elementary teaches second, third and fourth grade students in Uvalde, which is about 85 miles west of San Antonio. Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooter is believed to have […]