Tag: guns
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.
Blood from Jacksonville is partially on Ron DeSantis’ hands
He should not speak, but rather listen to members of marginalized populations, who he has directly harmed with his policies and rhetoric.
Clinging bitterly to guns and religion
What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it’s too late?
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Resistance is alive and well in the United States
In fact, our research shows that street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest.
Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification
A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.
New state-of-the-art aluminum smelter to increase aluminum production and cut emissions
The Green Aluminum Smelter project, led by Century Aluminum Company, will have the ability to emit 75 percent less climate pollution than the existing aluminum production facilities.
Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back $14 billion in climate grants
Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”
Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-communist zealots in Miami don’t like it
But just how committed is Trump to fighting communism in Latin America at this particular moment—in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua?