Gun violence
Baby’s death from gunshot wounds shocks nation
March 12, 2013Prayers poured in from around the country for Jonylah Watkins, the six month-old baby girl who died this morning after being shot five times.
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U.S. shootings: Rockers, metal artists decry gun violence
February 11, 2013You can't sweep issues under the rug, not in a country that goes to the rest of the world and claims to be an exceptional example.
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U.S. shootings: Musicians, too, have been the victims
February 8, 2013"Twenty-four years to the day when John Lennon was shot and killed in front of his New York City apartment building, emerged from behind a seven-foot-high stack of amplifiers."
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Philadelphia story: Terrible math of gun violence
January 22, 2013Since coming to Philadelphia in 1973, I personally have known at least six parents/grandparents who have lost a total of seven children and grandchildren to gun violence.
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A Vision
December 26, 2012A poem in memory of those who died in Newtown.
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