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We are the 92%: Do something about gun violence now!

September 26, 2013 Renee Shur Activism, Crime/Violence, Guns, Politics One comment

How many more senseless killings will it take before we make sure our voices are  heard?  The “we,” if you haven’t already guessed, are

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150 years later, would Lincoln be okay with secession?

September 18, 2013 Arthur Lieber Activism, Cities, Civil liberties, Federalism, Guns, Poverty, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It was in 1863, during the heat of the Civil War, that 50 counties in the western part of Virginia decided to secede from

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The seven-backpack solution: Sign the background-check petition

September 3, 2013 Renee Shur Activism, Campaigns, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

Are you one of the 90% of Americans who support common-sense, comprehensive background checks on all gun sales? If you are, how about taking

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“Fruitvale Station:” Check your stereotypes at the ticket counter

July 30, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Guns, Literature/Arts/Film, Police, Public safety Leave a comment

The Jan. 1, 2009 headlines said: “22-year-old, unarmed black man fatally shot by BART police.” For too many Americans, it was just another example

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The gap between what’s legal and what’s just

July 17, 2013 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Ethics, Guns, Human Rights, Media, Police, Poverty, Violence Leave a comment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan recently wrote a piece about how a cross engraved on the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium “gave him

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Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists

July 15, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Police, Public safety Leave a comment

When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political

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5 terrifying takeaways from the NRA’s 2013 national convention

May 7, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

While there may be some people who have some reasonable arguments for owning a hunting rifle, it doesn’t help their cause to have the

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Behind the background-check fiasco: All politics, all the time

May 3, 2013 Steve Sorkin Crime/Violence, Guns, Obama, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Here you have it. A Republican senator admits that the GOP voted not on the merits of the issue, not on doing what is

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The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?

April 18, 2013 Susan Cunningham 2012 Election, Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Public safety, Republicans, Senate One comment

I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of

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Shooting down the arguments against background checks for gun sales

April 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Good government, Guns, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

What’s not to like about background checks for gun sales? They’re sensible, logical and the right thing to do. Public-opinion polls consistently show that

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