I Finally Left Xitter Because of Alex Jones I Finally Left Xitter Because of Alex Jones
I regret not leaving all the other times I promised to. But on the Sandy Hook anniversary, I had to get out of there.
Dec 14, 2023 / Joan Walsh
If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban
Washington Post leaders thought they were doing right by showing the carnage those weapons of war create. But we already knew that.
Nov 17, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game
While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right’s version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.
Aug 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer
White Supremacists Don’t Have to Be White White Supremacists Don’t Have to Be White
That the alleged Allen, Tex., shooter is a white supremacist named “Garcia” confused a lot of right-wingers. It shouldn’t have.
May 9, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Tennessee GOP’s Shameful Expulsion of 2 Black Legislators The Tennessee GOP’s Shameful Expulsion of 2 Black Legislators
When Tennessee Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson led a protest at the state capitol, the Republican-controlled legislature bared its teeth.
Apr 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
What It’s Like to Be Trans and Christian in Nashville Right Now What It’s Like to Be Trans and Christian in Nashville Right Now
Talking with Nashville-based transqueer Christian scholar and activist Roberto Ché Espinoza about faith, violence, and healing.
Apr 5, 2023 / Wen Stephenson
Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting
Conservatives want to make the massacre about trans people or religion—anything but the blood-soaked murder factory they’ve forced us all to live in.
Mar 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Huu Can Tran’s American Dream Huu Can Tran’s American Dream
The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.
Feb 6, 2023 / Mari Uyehara
California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns
The state is reeling after a week of mass shootings that underscores the bloody price we pay for our worship of guns.
Jan 27, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
“I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook “I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook
Joan Walsh spoke with Nelba Márquez-Greene, mother of slain student Ana, about the extraordinary depths of grief, love, and bravery Sandy Hook families have summoned in the decade ...
Dec 13, 2022 / Editorial / Joan Walsh