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How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

When liberals experience the trauma of a mass shootings, they feel from the bottom of our hearts: we need more gun control. When conservatives do, they feel: we need less.

Sep 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

In the Tank

In the Tank In the Tank

Is sensory deprivation an escape from or toward the fatigue and distractions of the digital life?

Sep 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Neima Jahromi

Stand Up for Toni Morrison During Banned Books Week

Stand Up for Toni Morrison During Banned Books Week Stand Up for Toni Morrison During Banned Books Week

The groundbreaking novel The Bluest Eye is under fire in Morrison’s home state of Ohio.

Sep 24, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Open Letter by Leaders of Poland’s Solidarity Movement in Defense of Edward Snowden

Open Letter by Leaders of Poland’s Solidarity Movement in Defense of Edward Snowden Open Letter by Leaders of Poland’s Solidarity Movement in Defense of Edward Snowden

Protecting the whistleblower who laid bare the uglier sides of the American administration.

Sep 24, 2013

Memento Mori

Memento Mori Memento Mori

The death of American exceptionalism—and of me.

Sep 24, 2013 / Lewis Lapham

The Case for Gun Liability Laws

The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws

When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.

Sep 24, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Blaming Mass Shootings on Video Games Instead of Guns

Blaming Mass Shootings on Video Games Instead of Guns Blaming Mass Shootings on Video Games Instead of Guns

The NRA‘s biggest red herring.

Sep 24, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.

Sep 24, 2013 / John Nichols

When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture

When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture

It’s time to do something about our national gun crisis.

Sep 23, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists

Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists

The Grinnell College Young Innovator Prize offers a $100,000 prize annually to activists under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in the field of social justice.

Sep 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Allegra Kirkland and StudentNation

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