The NFL Responds to the Sandy Hook Massacre. Should We Listen? The NFL Responds to the Sandy Hook Massacre. Should We Listen?
The NFL cannot be a force for nonviolence because its popularity is the perfect reflection of what we’ve become as a country.
Dec 17, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Occupy the NRA Occupy the NRA
An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement has responded to the Connecticut massacre, calling for gun control policies that will save lives.
Dec 17, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Wresting Gun Policy From the Hands of the Radical Fringe: A Q&A With Garen Wintemute Wresting Gun Policy From the Hands of the Radical Fringe: A Q&A With Garen Wintemute
Three hundred million firearms are already in circulation in the United States. We need gun control solutions that deal with that reality.
Dec 16, 2012 / Sasha Abramsky
How ALEC Thwarts Honest Debate About Gun Violence How ALEC Thwarts Honest Debate About Gun Violence
The corporate group produces “model” legislation designed to prevent action. Even when mass killings demand it.
Dec 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Does the NRA Represent Gun Manufacturers or Gun Owners? Does the NRA Represent Gun Manufacturers or Gun Owners?
The National Rifle Association has successfully stymied any effort to regulate gun ownership, but whom do they really represent?
Dec 15, 2012 / Lee Fang
Sixteen US Mass Shootings Happened in 2012, Leaving at Least 88 Dead Sixteen US Mass Shootings Happened in 2012, Leaving at Least 88 Dead
Indiscriminate gun violence happened at a wide variety of different places—the only thing predicable is the frequency.
Dec 14, 2012 / George Zornick
Is Congress’s Magnitsky Bill a New Blacklist? Is Congress’s Magnitsky Bill a New Blacklist?
The anti-Russia bill violates the rule of law, contradicts American values and undermines US national security.
Dec 14, 2012 / Edward Lozansky, Vladimir Sobell, and Stephen F. Cohen
Three Common-Sense Gun Bills That Can’t Pass Congress Three Common-Sense Gun Bills That Can’t Pass Congress
Washington is so paralyzed on gun control it can’t seem to pass fundamentally sensible reforms.
Dec 14, 2012 / George Zornick
The Shameful Exploitation of Bradley Manning The Shameful Exploitation of Bradley Manning
News organizations thrilled to exploit the information Manning uncovered are deeply afraid of being associated with the brave whistle-blower himself.
Dec 14, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Eugene Jarecki: Ending the War on Drugs Eugene Jarecki: Ending the War on Drugs
The time has never been better to stop this colossal waste of money, resources and, most importantly, lives.
Dec 11, 2012 / Laura Flanders