Tag: gun control
The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
Las Vegas massacre dispels the myth of who’s most violent in...
While young and non-White people are perceived as more dangerous, middle-aged White people have the highest rates of gun ownership and commit the most violence.
Is today’s NRA the “price of freedom”?
Someday, people will read about this moment in history books and wonder how we got to this level of insanity.
The time for a debate on gun control is now
The list of massacre sites will continue to grow, without end, until we have the debate and enact sensible gun control.
From a concert in Las Vegas to a funeral in Yemen,...
Just as we are trying to get Congress to take action on gun control, so we must demand that Congress act to stop the US support for mass murder in Yemen.
What’s stopping media from calling Las Vegas killer a ‘terrorist’? His...
Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances.
We need more than ‘thoughts and prayers’
Our political paralysis enables terrorists of any stripe to acquire as many weapons as they want.
What more is there to say on gun laws?
There comes a point where you feel like there’s nothing more to say about gun violence that hasn’t already been said.
America wasn’t a ‘gun-loving country’ until a $13.5 billion industry made...
Historian Pamela Haag’s The Gunning of America refocuses the gun debate on the moguls who made America into the land of guns – and mass shootings.
Republicans repeal law blocking people with severe mental illness from owning...
Lawmakers that supported the rule are worried about what this may mean for family members that take care of mentally ill individuals.
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As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
42-year study traces how ‘forever chemicals’ climb the Great Lakes food web into people
A synthesis of more than four decades of data maps how PFAS move up the region's aquatic food web and into the fish people eat.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.