Guns and Gun Control

People gather at a makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting at the Covenant School campus in Nashville, Tenn., on March 28, 2023.

Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting

Conservatives want to make the massacre about trans people or religion—anything but the blood-soaked murder factory they’ve forced us all to live in.

Mar 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Ras Baraka in front a large group of uniformed fire fighters

The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark

The New Jersey city is now home to an ecosystem of funded programs that reduce violence while tackling the factors that drive violence and criminalized behavior—and it’s working.

Mar 20, 2023 / Jamila Hodge

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style Nasty, Brutish, and Short—Chicago-Style

Lori Lightfoot’s tenure as the city's mayor could be coming to its natural end.

Feb 17, 2023 / J. Duncan Moore Jr.

An Appeals Court Just Ruled to Give Guns Back to Domestic Abusers

An Appeals Court Just Ruled to Give Guns Back to Domestic Abusers An Appeals Court Just Ruled to Give Guns Back to Domestic Abusers

In the United States, the “right” to carry a gun now trumps the right not to be killed by an abusive partner.

Feb 8, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Flowers and candles at a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.

Huu Can Tran’s American Dream Huu Can Tran’s American Dream

The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.

Feb 6, 2023 / Mari Uyehara

Georgia SWAT team dressed in fatigues

Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal

Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the "Cop City" shooting, lethal.

Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence

What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence What We Can Do Right Now to Stop Anti-Asian Violence

Recent massacres have made anti-Asian violence seem more entrenched than ever. But there are concrete steps we can take right now to make our communities safer.

Feb 2, 2023 / Promise Li

Gun Control, Now!

Gun Control, Now! Gun Control, Now!

The Monterey Park shooting left 10 dead and 10 injured, and it was the 33rd mass shooting of 2023.

Jan 30, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns

California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns

The state is reeling after a week of mass shootings that underscores the bloody price we pay for our worship of guns.

Jan 27, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky

My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky My Nhan, Half Moon, Pokey, Midnight Mass, Navasky

Loss leader.

Jan 27, 2023 / Steve Brodner

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