By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human...
(USA Today) – Retired U.S. Army Gen. Russel Honoré, Louisiana’s most well-known 21st century military hero, said America is mired in a state of denial about its...
(BBC) – President Barack Obama has admitted that his failure to pass “common sense gun safety laws” in the US is the greatest frustration of his...
Patrik Jonsson, THE CHRISTIAN MONITOR ATLANTA (The Christian Monitor) — President Obama pushed Americans to call for stricter gun controls in the wake of the...
(Christian Science Monitor) – As gun violence spikes once again in Chicago, gun control advocates in the city are pointing fingers at an old enemy: the...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says the gunman charged in the Charleston church massacre should not have been allowed to...
By Robert McWhirter NNPA Guest Columnist The church shooting in Charleston, S.C. once again showed us the connection of guns and race. Statistics of inner city gun...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist In Manchester, one of Great Britain’s largest cities, only 209 of the 6,700 police officers carry guns. These officers are...
(Think Progress) – NRA board member Charles Cotton blamed Clementa Pinckney, a victim of the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, for his own...
(The Washington Post) – Dylann Roof, the man accused of a shooting spree that left nine people dead at a historic black church in Charleston...
Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY DETROIT (USA Today)— The Episcopal Church in Michigan has passed a controversial resolution calling for stiffer gun...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “’I’m learning that milestones are a very difficult thing to get through in this first year . . ....
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures – the Manchin-Toomey Amendment to expand background...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Every time the National Rifle Association (NRA) or its political allies block any form of gun control, people throw...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist At first I wondered why I felt so powerful a sense of déjà vu last week when the Senate...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Sometimes I close my eyes and all I can remember is that awful day…But other times, I feel Ben’s presence...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist As I have been looking at the phenomenon of street gangs in urban areas of our nation, there...
[PIX 11] A New Jersey family got a visit from social workers after a picture of a young boy holding a gun was posted on Facebook....
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist All major cities have street gangs. Some can be violent and many can be criminal organizations. Los Angeles, without...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “My friends are dead. I saw the bad man. He was next to me when we ran out.” “I played...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist On Saturday, January 26, I was part of the March on Washington for Gun Control. We called on members of...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many innocent...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The heartrending massacre of 20, 6- and 7-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. has galvanized public attention...
