Tag: gun violence
Police officer fired in Alton Sterling case
“Fear cannot be a driver for an officer’s response to every incident. Unreasonable fear within an officer is dangerous.”
After mocking Parkland shooting survivor, advertisers drop Laura Ingraham
“We can show that if you continue to bully the students that survived a mass murder, there’s going to be consequences."
Two police officers charged with illegally selling more than 100 guns
The ATF previously issued a memorandum to Southern California police chiefs warning that sales of illegal firearms have become an “emerging problem” for officers.
In March for Our Lives, student rights have become human rights
The young have long been that catalyst for change, and the Never Again movement is a continuation of that tradition.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter speaks at March for Our Lives
“Spread the word, have you heard, all across the nation, we are going to be a great generation!”
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.
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.
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.
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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
The far right’s tipping point
Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.
Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN summit in Nice
With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?