We Fear Each Other, When Guns Themselves Are The Real Danger We Fear Each Other, When Guns Themselves Are The Real Danger
In guarding ourselves against remote dangers, we make ourselves more vulnerable.
Dec 20, 2012 / Harold Pollack
The Bork Legacy The Bork Legacy
Bork was denied a seat on the Supreme Court because he was a right-wing zealot, not because of campaign of liberal lies.
Dec 20, 2012 / Herman Schwartz
Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough
Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Real Movement on Gun Control? Real Movement on Gun Control?
At the federal and state levels, some politicians are encouragingly willing to tackle gun control.
Dec 20, 2012 / George Zornick
Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’ Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’
Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
George Zornick: Walmart Sells Deadly Assault Rifles, but Won’t Carry Explicit CDs 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.
Dec 20, 2012 / Press Room
Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown? Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?
At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands.
Dec 20, 2012 / Ira Chernus
How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter’s AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter’s AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America
A massive recent spike in gun sales has boosted Walmart’s flagging profits, making it the top seller of firearms and ammunition nationwide.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / George Zornick
Newtown: It Doesn’t Have to Happen Again Newtown: It Doesn’t Have to Happen Again
We have the ability to prevent another mass shooting. But do we have the will?
Dec 19, 2012 / The Editors
Roots of a Rampage Roots of a Rampage
It's still unclear what motivated the Newtown shooter, but the small towns where such deadly outbursts tend to occur have some things in common.
Dec 19, 2012 / Katherine S. Newman