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RFK's Speech on the Mindless Menace of Violence

RFK delivered this moving speech at the City Club of Cleveland, Ohio, on April 5th, 1968 - the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

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School Safety Takes More Than Guns, It Requires Attention to the Deep Roots of Violence

If our sole response to guns in schools is more security personnel, then our only plan is to stop a rampage with brute force.

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In the Wake of Sandy Hook, We Need More Than Just Gun Control

The Sandy Hook tragedy is a much larger conversation about mental illness, lack of mental health services, violence in our community, and connection.

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Don't Just Talk to Kids About Violence, Help Them Take Action

Hiding what happened in Connecticut from kids isn't the answer. Help them take action.

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A Reminder That There's Still Good Out There: P.S. 22 Sings 'Joy to the World'

P.S. 22's rendition of "Joy to the World" is a true harbinger of hope.

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You're Not Powerless: How to Talk to Kids About Violence After a Tragedy

Kids need reassurance and ways to take action against hate.

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There's No Justice for Trayvon in Violence

Two alleged instances of vigilante justice for Trayvon Martin should remind us of what actual justice means.

Slideshow: Violence Prevention Coalition Turns Guns to Art

An inside look at La Fonderie, where a group of youth volunteers and metalworkers are making art out of melted down gunmetal.

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In Los Angeles, Transforming Guns Into Art

A community coalition is melting down guns and turning them into statues.

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Mapping the Connection Between Poverty and Rioting

A visualization of London's class inequality helps ask important questions about what sparked that city's riots.

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People are awesome: Man Writes Letter to Daughter of Man He Killed

Almost 50 years after shooting down a plane in the Indo-Pakistani War, a pilot wrote a letter to his victim's daughter.

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"If We Don't Riot, You Don't Listen to Us": The Case for Chaos

In April, 1,000 people turned out for a peaceful march in honor of a man who died during a police raid. Nobody listened to them.

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Anders Breivik and the War Against Ourselves

Breivik is a sobering reminder that the war we're fighting has no face or home. The war we're fighting is against unthinking, bilious rage.

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Capital Stupidity: The Death Penalty Costs California $300 Million Per Execution

Not only is the death penalty racist, classist, and ultra-violent, a new study says it's tremendously wasteful, too.

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Why Prison Rape Jokes Are Really Not Funny

With hundreds of thousands of sexual assaults behind bars annually, prison rape is no laughing matter.

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If 50 Cent Thinks Bullies Are Bad, Maybe He Should Stop Egging Them On

If 50 Cent is penning a young adult novel to raise awareness about bullying, perhaps he should chill with his own violent and homophobic messages.