Mass shootings

Colorado Springs shooting memorial

The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching

Homophobic violence is fueled by the extreme right’s victim blaming.

Nov 28, 2022 / Jeet Heer

We Need Unity to Combat the Right’s Increasing Violence

We Need Unity to Combat the Right’s Increasing Violence We Need Unity to Combat the Right’s Increasing Violence

If progressives don’t find a unifying message of community and love, and find it soon, the guns already out there may be put to use in unspeakable ways.

Jul 6, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

March for Our Lives

Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence

We’ll soon graduate a generation of young people who may have trouble reading and writing and adding but will be experts at ducking and covering.

Jul 1, 2022 / StudentNation / William Astore

Anti-gun protest

As a Former Gun Owner, I Support Gun Control As a Former Gun Owner, I Support Gun Control

That means that you can’t enjoy the privileges of the past—and that’s a good thing.

Jun 15, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte

white crosses erected in memory of the children killed at school in Uvalde, Tex.

The Senate’s Gun “Deal” Won’t Stop Mass Shootings The Senate’s Gun “Deal” Won’t Stop Mass Shootings

While the framework represents some progress, it feels more like a Republican attempt to avoid the issue of gun violence than a Democratic attempt to solve it.

Jun 14, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being

Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being

The sterile, but endless, debate over the role of mental illness in mass shootings rarely acknowledges how much our system fails those on both sides of the gun.

Jun 10, 2022 / Billy Sothern

What We Won’t Forget From the Hearings on the Uvalde and Buffalo Massacres

What We Won’t Forget From the Hearings on the Uvalde and Buffalo Massacres What We Won’t Forget From the Hearings on the Uvalde and Buffalo Massacres

Even without photographs, we know enough about these tragedies to have them etched in our minds forever.

Jun 9, 2022 / Joan Walsh

The Disturbing Reason the Uvalde Police Won’t Be Held Accountable

The Disturbing Reason the Uvalde Police Won’t Be Held Accountable The Disturbing Reason the Uvalde Police Won’t Be Held Accountable

Thanks to an old Supreme Court case, Uvalde parents will have a hard time convincing courts to hold police liable for failing to protect their kids.

Jun 7, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Syrian soldier US airstrike

War Is a Form of Terrorism War Is a Form of Terrorism

If we lack empathy for those who suffer in our wars, we endanger humanity’s future.

Jun 2, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

“Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans

“Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans “Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans

Beto O’Rourke interrupted the state’s gun apologists on Wednesday, showing he knows exactly how to run for governor of a state plagued by mass shootings.

May 27, 2022 / John Nichols

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