Tag Archives: gun control

The Case Against Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General

Why the NRA should continue to dictate the U.S.’s medical priorities.

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20 Facts About Mikhail Kalashnikov’s AK-47

From combat zones to inner city ganglands, the AK-47 has had a pervasive effect.

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The Social Cost of U.S. Guns

How much does the United States spend each year on gun injuries, crimes and consequences?

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Systematically Silencing America

How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America’s real problems.

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Slavery and Guns: America’s “Peculiar Institutions”

How are U.S. “gun rights” today an extension of a right created to preserve slavery?

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Guns Kill People, Unevenly

Gun violence falls along stark racial lines in the United States.

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The United States: From Global Vanguard to Global Hindrance

The United States used to be the key force promoting global governance. What are the global consequences of America’s deeply divided domestic politics?

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State of Dis-Union: American Clanistan

Can the trend toward more factionalism, tribalism and fragmentation in American political life be reversed?

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Guns and Taxes: America’s Double Cliff

Is the U.S. becoming fundamentally incapable of agreeing on the most basic issues of fairness and decency?

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The U.S. Supreme Court, Healthcare Reform and Domestic Political Peace

How is it possible that today the Supreme Court marches backwards so steadfastly, given the supposedly self-restraining power of precedent?

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