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Letters From the October 10, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 10, 2016, Issue

So much for this magazine… The panic boom… Redoing the House—and Senate… Teach your children well… A real puzzle…

Sep 22, 2016 / Our Readers

Duval County Courthouse

Angela Corey’s Forgetful Medical Examiner Angela Corey’s Forgetful Medical Examiner

The state attorney’s office employed a chief medical examiner who may have suffered from dementia—but it won’t reexamine her cases.

Aug 30, 2016 / Jessica Pishko

Why Thousands of Texas Students Carried Dildos to Class This Week

Why Thousands of Texas Students Carried Dildos to Class This Week Why Thousands of Texas Students Carried Dildos to Class This Week

What’s the best weapon against a handgun? Sometimes, a dildo.

Aug 26, 2016 / Molly Stier

Disarm Hate Gun Protest

Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem. Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem.

Voters don’t seem to know where key senators actually stand on background checks.

Aug 18, 2016 / George Zornick

Trump / Wilmington riots

The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action

In North Carolina, we have heard this before, and lived through the bloody consequences of white terrorist rhetoric.

Aug 17, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Stand your ground laws

The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous

It’s not just about property anymore.

Aug 15, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert

‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert ‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert

At Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, fear is a booming business.

Aug 10, 2016 / Feature / Patrick Blanchfield

Bratton Resignation

It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Bill Bratton as NYPD Commissioner It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Bill Bratton as NYPD Commissioner

He has defined modern policing, and his influence isn’t going anywhere.

Aug 3, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Why Toy Guns Matter

Why Toy Guns Matter Why Toy Guns Matter

The NRA wants to start kids young, but parents can resist gun culture.

Aug 1, 2016 / Frida Berrigan

Mothers of the Movement

Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement

Both parties use grief to sell their messages. But not all uses of emotion in politics are the same.

Jul 27, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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