Guns and Gun Control

Flowers and candles at a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.

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

Georgia SWAT team dressed in fatigues

Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal 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.

Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence 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.

Feb 2, 2023 / Promise Li

Gun Control, Now!

Gun Control, Now! Gun Control, Now!

The Monterey Park shooting left 10 dead and 10 injured, and it was the 33rd mass shooting of 2023.

Jan 30, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns

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

My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky

My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky

Loss leader.

Jan 27, 2023 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner

An Appeals Court Wants to Bring Back Bump Stocks, Beloved by Mass Shooters

An Appeals Court Wants to Bring Back Bump Stocks, Beloved by Mass Shooters 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.

Jan 13, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Nelba Marquez-Greene

“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

Donald Trump and John Kelly

The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home 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.

Nov 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

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

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