Over the past decade, MASK has witnessed the violence epidemic up close. We have studied its root causes and tested community-based solutions. While poor schools, the lack of mental health services, and generational poverty are all critical drivers, one factor rises above them: FOOD INSECURITY.

We’ve passed out school uniforms and backpacks to families who needed that assistance for nine years. This would be the tenth. However,...

African Americans are not blind. And those of us who identify as Jewish have 20/20 vision.