If you're heartbroken and frustrated after yesterday's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, you're not alone. There are things Congress can do right now, Congress just refuses to do them. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
Incivility runs through the history of this country, founded on stolen land, built with the labor of stolen lives. The document that governs our lives effectively denied more than half of the population the right to vote.
One way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.
Nineteen children and two adults were murdered in Texas. This is the country that gun-rights advocates have chosen.
Hard looks at SCOTUS and democracy in crisis
Misconceptions that many hold work against the development of thoughtful and effective gun policy.
The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message" that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street."
New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen may give the right—and its politics of racial resentment—a major win, but at the cost of gun control laws known to prevent shootings.
Students at Michele Clark High were relieved to return to classes, but shootings on the West Side mean that their problems are far from over.
Homicides were up across the US in 2020 and appeared to be primarily driven by rising gun violence, but other crimes fell
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