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According to the Gun Violence Archive, in 2022, as of June 27 there have been 9,663 gun deaths, 18,261 gun injuries, and 292 mass shootings.
Jul 4, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
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If we want to seriously reform our criminal justice system, we need to listen to those who have felt the human costs of incarceration.
Jul 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Owen Mortner
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The president loves the system far too much to fix it.
Jul 1, 2022 / Jeet Heer
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When well-meaning critics described her subjects as downtrodden, Rego shot back, “These women are not victims.”
Jul 1, 2022 / Margaret Spillane
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Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence
We’ll soon graduate a generation of young people who may have trouble reading and writing and adding but will be experts at ducking and covering.
Jul 1, 2022 / StudentNation / William Astore
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California, Oregon, and Washington are taking more action to protect abortion rights than the federal government.
Jul 1, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
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Is Our First Black Female Supreme Court Justice “Integrating Into a Burning House”? Is Our First Black Female Supreme Court Justice “Integrating Into a Burning House”?
I watched Ketanji Brown Jackson’s swearing-in with happiness, but she was sworn in with the dumpster fire of this last term blazing in the background.
Jun 30, 2022 / Joan Walsh
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The past week has effectively supplied us with the data on two natural experiments that reveal just how dangerous this court is.
Jun 30, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
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What Young People Face Without “Roe” What Young People Face Without “Roe”
With power in the hands of the states after Dobbs v. Jackson, college students are ready to continue the decades-long fight for abortion rights.
Jun 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade