Suffer the Children

Gary Younge

Katrina vanden Heuvel: End the NRA’s Stranglehold on Gun Legislation

Enough is enough: we must wrest control of public safety policy from gun manufacturers. 

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Gun Control and Congress

Democrats introduced a gun control bill on the first day of the new Congress. But can they overcome the NRA?

George Zornick

The NRA and Gun Companies Stand to Profit From Newtown Tragedy

Americans are flocking to the stores to hoard weapons in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, and those sales are enriching the NRA.

Lee Fang

This Week: After Newtown. Plus: 2012’s Progressive Honor Roll

Coverage of Newtown, the great Walmart walkout and 2012's most valuable progressives.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Backfire: The Disgusting NRA Press Conference

Wayne LaPierre failed to offer a reasonable alternative to gun control—and worse, made his opposition seem downright villainish. 

George Zornick

Guns and Roses

Once again, the media has absolutely failed us in keeping our government accountable on gun policy.

Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Real Movement on Gun Control?

At the federal and state levels, some politicians are encouragingly willing to tackle gun control.

George Zornick

Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’

Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

Laura Flanders

George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs

After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, some companies are distancing themselves from guns.

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