Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed used to be a gang leader. Today, he’s a motivational speaker and president of We Shoot First Films and founder of Stop the Killing, Inc., an…
1. Don’t Do Depression Alone! This week the media world mourns the death of Karyn Washington, the 22-year-old writer of the popular motivational blog…
If you missed the first day of the National Action Network 2014 Convention, catch some of the highlights of the panels in NewsOne’s exclusive video recap.…
I’ve spent my entire career as a civil rights activist and anti-violence advocate. I hear from folks all over the country about how fed-up they…
Three years ago on January 8th, a mass shooting in Arizona took the lives of 6 innocent people and nearly killed U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.…
Former Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords wants Ohio residents to be responsible gun owners. The shooting victim rode in the Northside 4th of July parade with her husband, Mark Kelly. Giffords said stopping gun violence takes courage to do what is right, and the courage to have new ideas. Recent Stories: Man Spends $50k in Stolen […]
An African-American movie director is trying to spread awareness of black-on-black crime, by wearing a KKK robe in the middle of Philadelphia. While wearing his robe, 35 year-old Sixx King stood out in the middle of downtown Philadelphia holding a sign that read, “the KKK killed 3,446 blacks in 86 years, while black on black […]
Another U.S. school became a crime scene Thursday morning when a 16-year-old student opened fire during his first period class and critically wounded a classmate…
Fed up with the level of senseless gun violence that is happening in many Black communities across the nation, Minister Louis Farrakhan (pictured center, in…
In the wake of recent mass shootings and on-going gun violence in communities across the nation, some are asking if we need to approach gun violence as a public health problem. We have highway safety measures- such as seat belt laws and children’s car safety seats. Take our poll:
Oakland California had a busy year with the Occupy Wall St. movement in 2011. We saw a lot of political talk, shut down ports and political unrest in the city. Ironically, in the shadow of “the movement” that created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Oakland saw a surge in homicide. Sadly, many of […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head during the filming of a rap music video in Oakland was taken off life support Friday. Hiram Lawrence, who would have turned 2 on Dec. 28, was pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m., the Rev. Roosevelt Taylor said. SEE ALSO: Second Child Shot […]
