Today at 4pm, the Senate is slated to vote on the first piece of gun control legislation in the Obama era. We all know better background checks will not end gun violence. But if closing loopholes on gun purchases saves even one life, it is entirely worth it. To truly disrupt the culture of viol... Read more...
A 6-month-old baby has died after she was shot Monday while her father was changing her diaper. After several surgeries, Jonylah Watkins passed away Tuesday morning, Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks confirmed. Jonylah’s father, identified by family members as 28-year-old Jonathan Watkins, is in stable... Read more...
Gun control debate intensifies after 15-year-old who performed at inauguration becomes 42nd victim of gun violence this year. She was the 42nd gun death victim in Chicago this year, a 15-year-old girl in the “wrong place at the wrong time”, according to police. Now the killing of Hadiya Pendlet... Read more...
I can recall not so long ago writing numerous letters to influential people in the city of Chicago asking them for help. I saw many of these same influential people who ignored my pleas at Hadiya Pendleton's funeral service. I asked for help for my eighteen year old daughter, Ryann Brown, who... Read more...
As Electronic Arts prepared to market Medal of Honor Warfighter, the latest version of its top-selling video game released in October, it created a Web site that promoted the manufacturers of the guns, knives and combat-style gear depicted in the game. Among the video game giant’s marketing... Read more...
Stream videos at Ustream Thank you for your interest in Ignite Philly. This weekends events are all FREE and will include the a spoken word play" From Kings to Thugs to Presidents from Muhhib Dyer Friday evening from 8pm- 10pm, a training on community organization and current voter ID laws ... Read more...
Every summer tragic killings get people angry and questioning exactly what the hell is happening in our community. I say “our community” and not “our city” because this is an internal problem that we have to get control of. Of course shootings happen all across Philadelphia, all across rac... Read more...
Trayvon Martin will not go gently into that good night, and the poor kid’s ghost can and will haunt us, it seems, until justice is done. His shooter, the neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, so the wheels of the legal system, ho... Read more...
Somebody just tried to kill my little sister! Like most of us, she works hard to put food on the table. She has a son and daughter, both still in diapers. She has a mortgage, student loans, and a greedy little dog named Sir. Everyday she pounds the pavement in and around Chicago, trying to make a l... Read more...