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Category: Violence

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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JFK

There’s something good about growing up without the Second Amendment in your face

March 1, 2018 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Guns, Violence Leave a comment

In 1800, the urban population of the United States was 6%; 94% was rural. According to the 2010 census, 81% of Americans live in

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Can we please not start with, “I believe in the Second Amendment”

February 21, 2018 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Constitution, Crime/Violence, Guns, Violence Leave a comment

It’s an outlier. It is essentially unrelatable to the other nine amendments in the Bill of Rights or anything else in the U.S. Constitution.

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lexicon

A lexicon of sexual misconduct: There’s a word for what he did to you

November 21, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Language/Words, Legal issues/Law, Violence, Women Leave a comment

When a 94-year-old ex-president gropes your backside, is it sexual assault, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching or what? As women, at long last, feel confident

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Slide fire bump stock modified ar15

Rapid fire weapons – every man’s birthright?

October 4, 2017 Bill Kesler Guns, Terrorism, Violence Leave a comment

In 1934, following the era of Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Congress placed restrictions on the sale, purchase and ownership of

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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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London van incident

The battle within between dispassion and empathy

June 21, 2017 Hafsa Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Terrorism, Violence Leave a comment

I had been planning on writing yet another article decrying the afflictive double standard and dog whistle politics of the term “terrorism.” Saturday, thousands

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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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