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Category: Crime/Violence

Campaign against illegal guns goes on the road

March 3, 2011 Renee Shur Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Violence Leave a comment

The coalition of 550 Mayors Against Illegal Guns is on the road to your community. The Democratic and Republican mayors who hail from states

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A video the gun lobby doesn’t want you to see

February 24, 2011 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, Government, Violence 2 comments

I just got this video from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. It’s the  most effective advocacy I’ve ever seen. “Every day, 34 American families say

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Mayors vs. illegal guns

February 15, 2011 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, Violence Leave a comment

Another senseless mass killing has put the issue of gun control and illegal guns front and center in the public debate.  Sadly, we’ve been

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Roots Action wants Spain to prosecute the “Bush Six”

February 10, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, International One comment

Spanish courts are considering prosecuting six of George W. Bush’s lawyers under international law. Roots Action, the activist group recently launched by Daniel Ellsberg

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Loughner and brain imaging

Capital punishment: Tucson provides another teachable moment

January 20, 2011 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Violence Leave a comment

Suppose that Timothy McVeigh had not been put to death for his horrific crime of blowing up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City

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Aftermath of shooting in Tucson

Why do conservatives dictate how we respond to the Tucson shootings?

January 14, 2011 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Violence Leave a comment

Following the tragic shooting in Tucson on January 8, voices of moderation told us that this was no time for shouting, demonizing, or blaming. 

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