Gun Violence

Stories about gun violence within our country are becoming all too common. President Obama is utilizing the incidents as an avenue to open up the conversation about the need for stricter gun control laws. He recently released a statement about the killing of Zaevion Dobson, a high school football star from Knoxville, Tennessee who was […]

A community is mourning the loss of Zaevion William Dobson, who risked his life to save others when a gunman randomly opened fire.

A Secret Service officer accused earlier this year of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home was shot and killed in Southwest D.C. Tuesday during a suspected robbery gone awry, according to NBC Washington. Arthur Baldwin, 30, a resident of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was unarmed when he was shot multiple times around 2:50 p.m., the report says. Arthur Baldwin: Cincinnati native […]

Jennifer Hudson knows a thing or two about wanting to keep guns off the street.

Chance The Rapper is the latest and most high-profile of Chicago natives to speak out against Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” film. The film, which addresses the…

Johnson, 25, was fatally shot by Officer George Hernandez eight days before the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

The presence of a predominately African-American jury in the first case against a Baltimore police officer involved in the death of Freddie Gray may help expose the strained relationship between the city’s residents and law enforcement. While Officer William Porter’s trial began Wednesday, potential jurors were previously asked public and private questions by Judge Barry G. Williams about the […]

"The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country," Obama said.

A Biloxi Waffle House employee is dead after telling a customer not to smoke at the restaurant.

After footage of the gruesome shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was released to the public, a district manager of a local Burger King believes more corruption was involved in the case.

Davis, who has been on the front lines of the Black Lives Matter movement for some time, understands that Jordan is just one story of many in America. For him, the most immediate change can come on Black Friday, the third anniversary of Jordan's death.