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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.
Mari Uyehara
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February 3, 2023
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the “Cop City” shooting, lethal.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
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February 2, 2023
What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence
Recent massacres have made anti-Asian violence seem more entrenched than ever. But there are concrete steps we can take right now to make our communities safer.
Promise Li
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January 30, 2023
Gun Control, Now!
The Monterey Park shooting left 10 dead and 10 injured, and it was the 33rd mass shooting of 2023.
Andrea Arroyo
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January 27, 2023
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.
Sasha Abramsky
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January 27, 2023
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January 13, 2023
An Appeals Court Wants to Bring Back Bump Stocks, Beloved by Mass Shooters
The decision by the Fifth Circuit is a painful lesson in why one-off weapons bans are doomed to fail in court, if not in practice.
Elie Mystal
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December 13, 2022
“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 since they lost their children.
Joan Walsh
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November 28, 2022
The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home
Of the approximately 450 politically motivated violent attacks that took place on our soil in the past decade, the majority were perpetrated by homegrown far-right extremists.
Andrea Mazzarino
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November 28, 2022
The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching
Homophobic violence is fueled by the extreme right’s victim blaming.
Jeet Heer