Tag: gun control
Students are being punished for walking out to protest gun violence
Students are being suspended, given detentions, and even corporal punishment, for participating in the national walk out.
Photo essay: Eight reasons students walked out over gun laws
“All of these students will be voting in the next four years. We will be in the driver’s seat.”
The racist origin of the Second Amendment and the rise of...
Throughout history gun control laws have been used against people of color.
Learning the power of protest, confrontation and collective action, where will...
The kids are rising!
High school students
So what was it about the Parkland killings that tipped the scale? This is among the questions we teachers have been asking one another at school recently.
In a renewed debate, Norway plans to ban semi-automatic weapons
The new plan to ban semi-automatic weapons tightens the country's laws even further.
Why the gun lobby is terrified of the youth-led #NeverAgain movement
The upcoming student days of action should force the issue into the spotlight even further – compelling Americans of all ages and political stripes to choose a side.
America’s children: Caught in the cross hairs of the NRA and...
How in the world did we ever get to this low point in our history when the fear of being killed is now planted into the minds of our children?
It’s never been about the Second Amendment. It’s about corporate profits.
Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests – like gun sales.
More than a dozen banks finance gun manufacturers and the assault...
More than a dozen banks support five of the largest gun manufacturers connected to countless shooting tragedies in America.
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1
The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history
Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.