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by Mia McKenzie onApril 30, 2013
Blogger Mia McKenzie, in a piece for the Guardian, rails against the country's double standard on gun violence, saying that it seems to matter only when it occurs in white neighborhoods.
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April 18, 2013
Progressives who don't vote leave us with leaders who don't represent the majority.
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April 17, 2013
The Senate's defeat of a bipartisan gun-buyer background-check bill inspired unusually harsh words from the president.
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by Zerlina Maxwell onMarch 21, 2013
What's behind the absence of national mourning when young victims of violence are African American? Ebony's Zerlina Maxwell seeks out the perspectives of two experts.
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by Jade O. Earle onJuly 24, 2012
In the wake of the Aurora, Colo., shooting, the rapper says that he does not agree with amending gun laws.
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by Nick Chiles onApril 25, 2011
A transplanted New Jerseyan ruminates on the Southern obsession with firearms.
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by Kristilyn Whigham onMarch 14, 2011
Just two months shy of the anniversary of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, President Obama writes letter advocating for stronger gun control laws.
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by Paul Helmke onJuly 29, 2010
The president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence notes the irony of the planned Aug. 28 rally at the Lincoln Memorial featuring Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Wayne LaPierre of the NRA.
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June 28, 2010
In a 5-4 vote, the justices cast a shadow on Chicago's handgun ban.
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December 31, 2009
Looking for someone to blame in the case of the underwear bomber, Finland's deadly rash of shootings
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