Common mistakes, uncommon reactions in 3 separate shootings
In the span of six days, four young people across…
Mass shooting at Louisville bank heightens gun control issue
In the wake of still another mass shooting in America,…
Biden on gun control and Carter’s eulogy
While addressing a crowd during a fundraiser at Rancho Santa…
Biden issues another executive order seeking to curb gun violence
As he visited Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday, President Joe…
FROM SORROW TO SOLUTIONS: AmNews hosts gun violence convening
It took almost 114 years, but the Amsterdam News just hosted its first virtual convening for the newspaper’s “Beyond the Barrel of the Gun” initiative on Monday, Feb. 28.
New York Amsterdam News was the first to call gun violence in Black and brown communities a Public Health crisis. See our coverage over the years on this ongoing issue.
Gun violence: a public health issue, public pressure solutions
“We in the movement have been talking about gun violence as a disease–as a public…
Numbers up in July’s NYPD citywide crime statistics
The dog days of summer are truly in July. The NYPD recently released citywide crime statistics for last month and…
Beyond the Barrel of the Gun
“For over a decade the New York Amsterdam News, America’s most influential and oldest continuously published Black newspaper, has recognized…
Beyond the barrel of the gun: Reducing gun violence in Black and brown communities
Through our Beyond the Barrel of the Gun initiative, the New York Amsterdam News will be instrumental in raising awareness…