Mass shootings, economic inequality, a racist president: have we grown dangerously accustomed to a country gone mad?
How This Became the Era of the Gunman
The war abroad and the war at home are both fueled by a fear of encroaching chaos — and it’s hard to miss the racist subtext.
The House Sit-In Would’ve Been More Powerful if It Rejected ‘No Fly, No Buy’
House Democrats are legitimizing error-prone, Islamophobic terrorist “watch lists” as the basis for gun control. That won’t make anyone safer.
After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws
An analysis of the Twitter conversation over 12 hours on the day of the shooting reveals deep animosity against politicians for not legislating tougher gun controls.
What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
Guys with Guns
The U.S. government should be making it more difficult to sell weapons—at home as well as abroad.
Nuclear Weapons and Guns: Comrades in Arms
Which is more of a threat to a nation’s safety ― untrammeled gun “rights” or a nukes program?
America Under Assault
We often hear of U.S. guns turning up at crimes scenes abroad. But we rarely hear about how many foreign-made guns find their way to the United States.
Is Israel Proof That an Armed Society Can Work?
Why don’t episodes like Newtown occur in another armed society, Israel?
Mexicans Sidestep Rigid Gun Control to Arm Themselves
Drug traffickers in Mexico also do a brisk business in guns.