What Would a National Emergency Over Gun Violence Look Like?
David Hogg suggested Donald Trump declare a state of emergency over gun violence. There's Katrina-era precedent for confiscating guns during emergencies.
Browsing Category
Social Justice
6486 posts
The 116th Congress Is Refocused on Gun Control in the Wake of Parkland
A Pacific Standard analysis reveals the only other time a new Congress has introduced so many gun-control bills was in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.
Democrats Used to Disagree About Gun Control. The 2020 Candidates Don’t.
The current crop of frontrunners in the 2020 Democratic primary show the homogenization of the left's views on combating gun violence.
Democrats’ Border Wall Solution Is Raising Privacy and Profiling Concerns
House Democrats are offering $1.6 billion to implement new surveillance technologies at the border and add more border-patrol officers. Human rights groups are concerned.
Texas Still Hasn’t Created Legislation Preventing the Execution of Intellectually Disabled Defendants
The Lone Star state has still not come up with a single method of determining which prisoners should be exempt from the death penalty, despite a Supreme Court mandate.
White Nationalism Is Driven by a Perceived Loss of Status
New research suggests that nationalism can be a psychological coping response.
A Closed Border Gate Has Cut Off Three Tohono O’odham Villages From Their Closest Food Supply
An effort to deliver food is only a temporary solution.
An Invisible Fentanyl Crisis Is Emerging on Mexico’s Northern Border
The powerful painkiller has led to a considerable spike in overdoses in some border cities, but users are finding little support in trying to combat the scourge.
Breaking Down the Complicated Peace Talks Between the U.S. and the Taliban
Negotiations between the two parties are a stark reminder of the challenges in getting an armed movement to embrace the end of violent conflict.
Inside One Native Tribe’s Decades-Long Fight for Recognition
Thanks to federal neglect and one Republican senator, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has been denied land and essential government services.