| Jun 8, 2022 | RoundupThis week, Sonali Kolhatkar looks at the deep cultural, political, and financial roots of the gun lobby’s hold on American politics. With gun violence now the leading cause of death for kids in this country, Sonali wonders how long America’s pro-gun...
| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMass shootings are good for gun sales. In the days following the horrific school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, firearm stocks rose. Gun buyers, conditioned to fear new restrictions, tend to run out and buy more weapons after shootings like this one. They seem to believe...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNow that the verdict in the Depp-Heard trial is in, the media spectacle of the case may finally begin to die down. But the impact will stay with us for years to come. Over the past several weeks, the internet became a toxic platform for survivors of domestic abuse as...
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| Jun 1, 2022 | RoundupDecades ago, photos of 14-year old Emmett Till’s murdered body lit a fire under the nascent civil rights movement. This week in OtherWords, Mitchell Zimmerman — a veteran of that movement — wonders if photos of assault rifle victims could do the same...
