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How the Sandy Hook Gun Vote Became a Turning Point… for the Press
One year after the shooting rampage which unfolded December 14, the press still points to the failed vote as evidence of President Obama's “rough year.”
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William Rivers Pitt | Here Lies America: Shot to Death
The fact that we can't keep thousands of our citizens from dying by guns, and that even attempting to do so amounts to political suicide, is a shameful epitaph.
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Cop’s History an Issue in Toy-Gun Slaying
A Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff, who shot and killed a popular Latino eighth-grader holding a toy gun, has a history of overreaction that dates back years.
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Jesus Huerta: A Child Killed in Durham Police Custody
Another Durham resident has now died in a controversial encounter with the Durham Police Department. This time it was teenager and local Riverside High School student, Jesus Huerta.
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US is Faced With a Feverish Populism of Anger and Hatred
In an excerpt from his book
The Rage of the Angry White Male Continues Its Battle Against Equality
“Men can be dragged kicking and screaming into that inevitable future, or we can accept it and ask what it means for us,” says Michael Kimmel, author of "Angry …
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Who’s to Blame for Battlefield America? Is It Militarized Police or the Militarized Culture?
Is it possible that the rising number of ex-military joining the police force could be the cause of the rise in police violence and brutality reported across the country.
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Update on Killing of Andy Lopez
Daily peaceful marches, prayer vigils and speaking events honor Lopez and call for justice, as thousands in the northern California community continue to mourn and express outrage.
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Gun Culture In America: Our Slow Motion Collective Mass Suicide
A report cam over the AP wire last night that, if this were any other country in the world, would have been the top news story for days: "Multiple …
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Gunning Down a Boy With a Toy Gun
A California deputy has gunned down a Latino boy carrying a toy AK-47, raising other troubling questions.