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Now Is Not the Time to Lose Hope on Tackling Gun Violence

Now Is Not the Time to Lose Hope on Tackling Gun Violence Now Is Not the Time to Lose Hope on Tackling Gun Violence

The gun industry relies on a sense of powerlessness to maintain its deadly profiteering. But Americans do not have to accept the lies that justify inaction.

Jun 14, 2022 / John Nichols for The Nation

To Prevent the Next School Shooting, We Should Listen to Young People

To Prevent the Next School Shooting, We Should Listen to Young People To Prevent the Next School Shooting, We Should Listen to Young People

Young people demand that schools shift from a punitive and policing approach toward restorative practices.

Jun 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Vonne Martin

Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next

Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next Where the January 6 Insurrection Hearings Go Next

The first day offered an impressive trailer that promises a focused indictment of Donald Trump. But the committee’s bipartisan approach has costs.

Jun 13, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Driven. Crazy.

Driven. Crazy. Driven. Crazy.

Licensed to kill: The first five months of US gun violence in 2022, as of June 1: 8,031 gun deaths.

Jun 13, 2022 / Matt Wuerker

Portrait of Haitian president

What the French Really Owe Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti

Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.

Jun 13, 2022 / Marlene L. Daut

The Conservatives on the Supreme Court Have Officially Become Homicidal

The Conservatives on the Supreme Court Have Officially Become Homicidal The Conservatives on the Supreme Court Have Officially Become Homicidal

In a shocking recent decision, the nation’s highest court ruled that “innocence isn’t enough” to spare a person the death penalty.

Jun 13, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal

onePULSE Foundation

A Pulse Memorial Museum and Profiteering From Pain A Pulse Memorial Museum and Profiteering From Pain

Six years after the massacre in Orlando, survivors are still grieving, and there’s still more money to be made off of their suffering.

Jun 11, 2022 / Feature / Justin Garcia

Witnesses Caroline Edwards (L), US Capitol police officer, and and British film producer Nick Quested

Can the January 6 Hearings Convince the One Person Who Matters Most? Can the January 6 Hearings Convince the One Person Who Matters Most?

The hearings will be successful only if they can persuade Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring charges against Trump and his cronies.

Jun 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Coup! Coup! Coup!

Coup! Coup! Coup! Coup! Coup! Coup!

Now that Bennie Thompson has labeled the attack on the Capitol a coup attempt, we can begin a real discussion of Donald Trump’s crimes.

Jun 10, 2022 / John Nichols

Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being

Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being

The sterile, but endless, debate over the role of mental illness in mass shootings rarely acknowledges how much our system fails those on both sides of the gun.

Jun 10, 2022 / Billy Sothern

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