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Mothers in White Demand Justice for Teenager Andy Lopez
They demand justice for 13-year-old Andy Lopez killed October 22 by sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus, who claims he thought the boy's toy rifle was a real gun.
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The Year of the Gun
You may love guns, and hate the president. But working to keep living children from becoming dead children is something every sane American should be able to get behind.
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Death Penalty Isn’t Necessary for Justice
The guilty pleas Monday by Alvin Watts and Jacob England to the killing of three African-Americans and the wounding of two others in a fit of racial rage brings …
Can Childhood Trauma Shorten Your Life?
Doctors may be overlooking a significant risk factor in disease.
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When Schools Close and Force Kids to Walk Through Gang Territory, This Is What Can Happen
Even with so-called Safe Passage routes, critics still question how safe students really are.
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Henry A. Giroux | Radical Democracy Against Cultures of Violence
When aesthetic and economic criteria displace moral considerations and the search for intense pleasure and profits replaces the search for justice, a police state thrives, says Henry A. Giroux.
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“Moral Injury”: One Military Veteran Kills Teenager, Another Kills Himself
What is it about ‘moral injury’ that makes humans more prone to both suicide and violence against others?
Richard Slotkin on Guns and Violence
Bill speaks with cultural historian and scholar Richard Slotkin about the role of guns in America's national psyche.
Will Foreign Troops Help Quell Violence in the Central African Republic?
France sends 1,000 troops into the Central African Republic as violence continues to escalate.
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Violence Against Our Environment
Both the words “environment” and “violence” have so many meanings, that they require some definition of how they can be of use in the context of a struggle for …