Take Action Now: How Many More Must Die?

Take Action Now: How Many More Must Die?

Take Action Now: How Many More Must Die?

Push for an assault weapons ban and universal background checks, then join a tight-knit group of gun control activists.

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In the space of 24 hours, the United States saw 30 people die in two mass shootings in a WalMart in El Paso, Texas, and in a busy section of downtown Dayton, Ohio. In El Paso, the shooter wrote about stopping an “invasion” of the United States by people of color.

These needless deaths must end: We need to act now to stop gun violence and root out white supremacy. This week’s Take Action Now is devoted to that fight.

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions you can take each week, whatever your schedule. You can sign up here to get these actions and more in your inbox every Tuesday.

NO TIME TO SPARE?

The United States used to have an assault weapons ban, but a Republican-led Congress let it expire more than a decade ago. Now’s the time to show we want these dangerous weapons off our streets: sign the Brady United petition today and share it on social media with the hashtag #EnoughIsEnough.

GOT SOME TIME?

The House of Representatives passed a bill mandating universal background checks months ago with bipartisan support, but Mitch McConnell won’t bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Text CHECKS to 64433 to get involved, then email and call your senators urging them to demand a vote on this critical legislation.

READY TO DIG IN?

To deeply support the gun reform movement, join the Gun Sense Action Network, a close-knit group of dedicated activists that make targeted outreach calls each week to voters and volunteers. You can also keep your eye out for events, actions and vigils hosted by Everytown in the wake of these tragedies.

We cannot back down

We now confront a second Trump presidency.

There’s not a moment to lose. We must harness our fears, our grief, and yes, our anger, to resist the dangerous policies Donald Trump will unleash on our country. We rededicate ourselves to our role as journalists and writers of principle and conscience.

Today, we also steel ourselves for the fight ahead. It will demand a fearless spirit, an informed mind, wise analysis, and humane resistance. We face the enactment of Project 2025, a far-right supreme court, political authoritarianism, increasing inequality and record homelessness, a looming climate crisis, and conflicts abroad. The Nation will expose and propose, nurture investigative reporting, and stand together as a community to keep hope and possibility alive. The Nation’s work will continue—as it has in good and not-so-good times—to develop alternative ideas and visions, to deepen our mission of truth-telling and deep reporting, and to further solidarity in a nation divided.

Armed with a remarkable 160 years of bold, independent journalism, our mandate today remains the same as when abolitionists first founded The Nation—to uphold the principles of democracy and freedom, serve as a beacon through the darkest days of resistance, and to envision and struggle for a brighter future.

The day is dark, the forces arrayed are tenacious, but as the late Nation editorial board member Toni Morrison wrote “No! This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

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Onwards,

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation

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