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Mass Shootings
June 7, 2022
Alex Thomas
Gun Companies Are More Vulnerable to Lawsuits Than You Think
Firearm manufacturers enjoy many legal protections from civil litigation, but gun-control advocates have found weaknesses that can be exploited.
June 6, 2022
Alex Shephard
The White House Doesn’t Understand How the Media Works
The political press is addicted to conflict and failure. If the White House wants to change the narrative, it’ll need to cut out the middlemen.
June 3, 2022
Grace Segers
“It’s the Floor, It’s Not the Ceiling”: What Gun Safety Advocates Think of the Bipartisan Proposals on Capitol Hill
Advocates say there is more momentum than ever before. But nothing is guaranteed.
May 28, 2022
Jason Linkins
Too Many Guns = Too Many Deaths
It’s not a mystery why the United States has a unique problem with mass shootings.
May 27, 2022
Matt Ford
Taking Cues From Texas, California Proposes Its Own Bounty Law—Against Guns
If it passes, the Golden State would set up a confrontation with the Supreme Court, which blessed the Lone Star State’s anti-abortion law.
May 26, 2022
Grace Segers
Republicans Return to “Hardening” Schools as Their Solution to Shootings
What’s the answer to gun violence? More guns, naturally.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Americans Aren’t Numb to Mass Shootings
We’ve just become fatalistic about the possibility of politicians doing anything to stop them.
May 17, 2022
Kate Aronoff
The Buffalo Shooter and the Rise of Ecofascist Extremists
The shooter’s manifesto makes clear, climate denial and ecofascism are two sides of the same right-wing coin.
December 7, 2021
Molly Osberg
How Gun Manufacturers Evade Responsibility for Mass Shootings
As the Oxford High School shooter’s parents were charged, a court ruled in another case that gun manufacturers still can’t be held accountable.
August 13, 2019
Alex Shephard
Right Wing Attacks on
The Hunt
Are a Bad Faith Distraction
At a moment when the president's racist rhetoric is motivating mass violence, Fox and all its friends saw a chance to stoke the culture wars.
August 9, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
No Law Can Ban White Supremacy From the Internet
Gutting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will cause more problems than it solves.
August 6, 2019
Matt Ford
America’s Most Powerful Gun Supporter
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest impediment to reducing mass death in America.
November 15, 2018
Emily Atkin
California’s Wildfires Don’t Have to Be So Deadly
Wildfire fatalities are now on par with mass shooting deaths in the state.
November 8, 2018
Jeet Heer
Southern California bar shooting leaves thirteen dead, including the shooter.
June 28, 2018
Alex Shephard
Multiple people have been shot at the offices of an Annapolis newspaper.
May 18, 2018
Ryan Kearney
Santa Fe High School was already on edge before today’s mass shooting.
November 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s response to the Sutherland Springs shooting is a disgrace.
October 9, 2017
Sarah Jones
Why Republicans Blamed the Las Vegas Massacre on “Evil”
Their rhetoric is a symptom not only of religious hypocrisy but also secularized corruption.
October 2, 2017
Sarah Jones
How should we politicize mass shootings?
June 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
How Congress Can Fight Political Violence
Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.
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