Everything You Need to Know About the Fight Over Gun Control

Do good guys with guns really stop bad guys with guns? Does the Second Amendment really protect an individual’s right to bear arms? Should gunmakers be liable for the lives their guns destroy? Which legislators take the most money from the NRA? And what would a radical movement for gun control look like? We’ve collected our best recent pieces on the fight for gun control below. Take a look!

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks at a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol in support of USAID in Washington, DC on February 5, 2025.

USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending

Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades.

Feb 17, 2025 / Aída Chávez

Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina, on September 30, 2024.

The People in Charge Won’t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. We’ll Need to Do It Ourselves. The People in Charge Won’t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. We’ll Need to Do It Ourselves.

Grassroots efforts in places like North Carolina show what we can—and increasingly must—do in a world plagued by climate disasters.

Feb 5, 2025 / Anna Simonton

Relatives and friends of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel lift signs at a rally calling for their release and the return of the bodies of those who died during incarceration, in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on February 27, 2024.

The Israeli Injustice Complex The Israeli Injustice Complex

How the military courts serve as one of Israel’s most effective and secretive weapons.

Jun 4, 2024 / Martin Garbus

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Why Eisenhower’s “Chance for Peace” Address Still Matters Why Eisenhower’s “Chance for Peace” Address Still Matters

The speech was an indictment of nuclear buildup and excessive military spending.

Apr 19, 2023 / William D. Hartung

Immigration Reform Protest

For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope

More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.

Feb 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez

H-2A farmworkers planting ornamental shrubs in an Oregon field

Why Farmworker Legalization Failed Why Farmworker Legalization Failed

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure to become law reveals critical divisions within the immigrant rights movement.

Jan 10, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech

The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech

Technology companies in particular have established anticompetitive policies that for too long have gone unchecked.

Jun 29, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A farmer wearing gloves and a bandana as a face cover holds a mint plant.

‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’ ‘We Were Asking Ourselves, How Can We Support Black Farmers?’

Scenes from a pandemic: 4

Apr 22, 2020 / Cynthia Greenlee

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in

Moon and Kim Try to Keep the Korea Peace Train on Course Moon and Kim Try to Keep the Korea Peace Train on Course

But growing splits between Washington and the two Koreas threaten progress.

Sep 11, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

B-52 releases MOP

Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security

Voters say they support cuts in defense spending—Democrats should, too.

May 11, 2018 / Feature / Joe Cirincione and Guy T. Saperstein

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