Tag: guns
Meet Mia Tretta: Shot 6 years ago, Brown student speaks out...
“Physically and emotionally, a school shooting takes your whole life and flips it upside down.”
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days...
The historic number of No Kings Day protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.
Senator slams gun industry’s ‘invasive and dangerous’ sharing of customer data...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questioned the legality of the “covert program” in which firearms manufacturers for years shared sensitive customer information with political operatives.
Georgia school shooting sparks renewed debate over gun control and safety...
With the suspect now in custody, questions about gun safety, political will, and legislative inaction are dominating the conversation.
Outrage and calls for justice after Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting by...
Campaigners and political leaders across the United States respond with outrage and calls for justice after the release of body camera footage showing the deadly police shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old Black woman from Springfield, Illinois.
Jury finds Hunter Biden guilty of three felony counts
Biden is guilty on two counts of making false statements regarding his drug use when purchasing a Colt revolver in October 2018 and one count of illegal possession of a firearm as a drug user.
Inside the historic suit that the gun industry and Republicans are...
Gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal gun sales. Meanwhile, illicit purchases of firearms continued at an unrelenting and hazardous pace.
Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs—and a US...
Mexico’s lawsuit holds out the prospect that the gun industry could be next.
‘This is unacceptable’: As many as 20 reported dead, dozens wounded...
Between 15 and 22 people were killed and scores wounded Wednesday night in the city of Lewiston, Maine.
Cooling the guns in the Middle East
The intolerable conditions have nurtured dreams of resistance: The more intolerable the conditions, the more violent the resistance.
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods
1,367 people are confirmed dead and 5,132 remain missing, including 587 foreign nationals, two weeks after a glacial collapse triggered Nepal's floods.