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Category: Public safety

School shootings: Looking for solutions in all the wrong places

May 21, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

School shootings in America have proliferated. In response, individuals and for-profit companies have developed a plethora of products aimed [pun intended] at reducing the

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thoughts and prayers

Thoughts and prayers are not enough

November 10, 2018 Renee Shur Guns, Public safety, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

In 2017 there were 346 mass shootings. In 2018 there have been 307 so far. On average America has experienced one deadly incident per

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Las Vegas Shooting

Mitch, Sarah, I’m getting antsy. When can we talk gun control?

October 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Community/Common good, Crime/Violence, Guns, Justice, Public safety, Republican Brain, Republicans, Violence One comment

Mitch McConnell, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and most other Republicans are champions when it comes to playing “Kick the can down the road.” You can

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ST-L

The View From The Tower

September 19, 2017 Adam Levin Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Democracy, Protest/Resistance, Public safety, Violence One comment

If you were looking for a hackneyed and inelegant metaphor for privilege and inequality, the building I work in would be an excellent choice.

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Scarborough

Open Letter to Joe Scarborough

September 3, 2017 Helena Webb Crime/Violence, Democracy, Media, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Joe – Thank you. Your panel discussion of the Berkley/Antifa/Snowflake “controversy” reminded me why of I don’t watch morning news programs. It is too

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Don't Shoot

Happy Birthday

June 1, 2017 Hafsa Children, Civil liberties, Crime/Violence, Guns, Justice, LGBT, Police, Public safety, Uncategorized, Violence One comment

In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I

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We need police officers who are also social workers

July 13, 2016 Arthur Lieber Activism, Community/Common good, Crime/Violence, Obama, Police, Public safety 2 comments

  What would have happened in Ferguson on that hot August afternoon had a social worker come upon Michael Brown on Canfield Avenue? What

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TSA misses guns and knives, but nails me for my cardiac device

May 10, 2016 Glenn Koenen Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Government, Public safety, Transportation One comment

My wife and I, along with friends, spent a wonderful week in Arizona.  We admired the Grand Canyon on a perfect April Day.   We

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Second Amendment and Natural Born Citizen have something in common

January 13, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Civil liberties, Courts, Crime/Violence, Guns, Public safety, Violence One comment

There are 4,543 words in the original, unamended U.S. Constitution, minus the names of the signatories. Is it possible that anyone at any time

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Iran Nuclear Deal too complicated for TV commercials

July 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber Climate Change, Foreign Policy, Labor and unions, Media, Obama, Politics, Public safety, Science, United Nations, War Leave a comment

A new CNN / ORC poll just revealed that the majority of Americans want Congress to reject the nuclear deal with Iran that the

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