By Mad in America (EXCERPT) At the Center for Law and Social Policy, Deanie Anyangwe has this story on the relationship between youth mental health struggles and experiences of and violence, poverty, racism, and other socioeconomic factors… Read the full article here.
Policymakers must adopt a more nuanced understanding of the roles systemic divestment, place-based disadvantage, anti-Black racism, racial capitalism, mass criminalization and other critical factors have in driving community violence.
For years, there has been a consistent outcry for gun control and other measures to keep the people of this nation safe. However, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act does not do that.