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Parkland High School students visit The Bronx on Friday

Parkland High School students visit The Bronx on Friday

Today, Assembly Member Michael A. Blake (D-79th District, The Bronx) will host a group of student leaders from Parkland High School for a gun violence prevention and voter mobilization Day of Action in the South Bronx, as an installment of […]

The Young Killing the Young has to stop NOW

Riverdale Ethical Society Forum on Gun Violence

Last Saturday, June 23, the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, a leading member of the American Ethical Union, sponsored a 3-hour teach-in from 4-7 pm titled “Beyond Gun Control: Race, Youth, and the New Movement to End Gun Violence” at St. Stephen’s […]

Credit: Theater for the New City

GUNPLAYS: Subway Story (A Shooting)

Hauntingly, on the heels of the recent mass shooting that took the lives of 17 students and adults at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., comes “Subway Story (A Shooting) now in production at the Theater for […]

by · February 21, 2018 · Bulletin Board, Entertainment, Theater
The Vigil will be Thursday, July 6th from 3:00pm to 9:00PM on the Grand  Concourse and Mount Eden. 

Anti-Gun Violence Vigil at Bronx Lebanon, Thursday 7/6

The Candlelight Vigil for Peace and Reconciliation and against Gun Violence will be tonight July 6th from 3:00pm to 9:00PM on Grand Concourse and Mount Eden.

It’s Got To Stop!

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

by · July 10, 2016 · Religion
NYPD person of interest in Jessica White shooting. NYPD photo.

Help Catch A Killer In Shooting Of A Bronx Mother

JESSICA WHITE, BRONX MOTHER OF 3, DIES SHIELDING HER CHILDREN FROM BULLETS IN THE PARK In his Sunday, Matters of Faith column, Overcoming Evil, Rev. J. Loren Russell wrote about the death of Jessica White was overshadowed by the horrific […]

by · June 29, 2016 · Crime, News
Matters of Faith: Overcoming Evil

Matters of Faith: Overcoming Evil

OVERCOMING EVIL by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv Romans 12:17-21 (NKJV) “17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live […]

by · June 26, 2016 · Matters of Faith
Klein, Gjonaj Rally Against Gun Violence

Klein, Gjonaj Rally Against Gun Violence

Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, the Pelham Parkway Residents Council, and Stand Up to Violence rallied against gun violence at the Pelham Parkway Houses after 17-year-old Ackeem Davis was killed on Astor Avenue.

by · May 28, 2016 · Community Affairs, Crime, Guns, News

Klein, Gjonaj Rally Against Gun Violence

Today, State Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and others rally against gun violence in response to a recent shooting at Throggs Neck Houses.

President Barack Obama

In Final State of the Union, President Obama Supports Economic Priorities

WASHINGTON — As part of President Obama’s final State of the Union address. SBA entrepreneurs Ronna Rice, CEO of Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey, Abdirahman Kahin, owner of Afro Deli, and Mark Davis of WDC Solar attended the speech. “Under President Obama, our […]

by · January 13, 2016 · Government, Labor
PA James Wants TD Bank to Stop Bankrolling Smith & Wesson, Maker of Guns Used in San Bernardino Attack

PA James Wants TD Bank to Stop Bankrolling Smith & Wesson, Maker of Guns Used in San Bernardino Attack

NEW YORK — Following the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which killed 14 and wounded 21 people, Public Advocate Letitia James took immediate action against TD Bank, N.A. and TD Securities USA, financiers of Smith & Wesson, which manufactured […]

by · December 7, 2015 · Crime, Guns, News

Pray, Yes. Then Act

Pray, Yes. But Then Act. by Jim Wallis Yesterday, two people armed in military-style gear shot and killed 14 people and injured 17 others at a holiday party in California. You’ve no doubt been watching the headlines and reading about people’s […]

by · December 4, 2015 · Crime, Guns
Research Says Criminals Are Encouraged By Weak Gun Laws | The Trace

Research Says Criminals Are Encouraged By Weak Gun Laws | The Trace

Via The Trace: “The pervasive rightwing case against tougher gun regulation is neatly captured by this soundbite from Marco Rubio: “My skepticism about gun laws is criminals don’t follow the law,” the Republican senator and presidential candidate has said. “They don’t care what the […]

by · September 8, 2015 · Crime, Law, Op Ed
Carey Gabey, A Cuomo Administration Lawyer Shot In Brooklyn Overnight

Carey Gabey, A Cuomo Administration Lawyer Shot In Brooklyn Overnight

The New York Daily News reported that Carey Gabey, 43, a lawyer who works for Gov. Cuomo was critically wounded when a gunman began “spraying” into a crowd of revelers on a Brooklyn street hours before the start of the West […]

by · September 7, 2015 · Crime, Government
Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

THE TIME FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS IS NOW!   Although much of my time in front of a television camera occurs while I am seated at a round table filming “Today’s Verdict”, the killing of the two U.S. journalists during […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed