News in Brief Mark Wahlberg Is the Missing Link in Bloomberg’s $50 Million Gun-Control Plan Forget money and the mom-vote—it's a question of charisma. Ted Scheinman
News in Brief To Whom Is George Zimmerman a Hero? And Why? The narrative of righteous slaughter. Jay Livingston
Social Justice What Do Expats Think of America? It's actually not half bad! Well, except for the guns. Brian Blickenstaff
News in Brief Law Enforcement Deaths Are at a Record Low Authorities credit seat belts and bullet-proof vests. Lauren Kirchner
News in Brief The Simple Facts About Mass Shootings Aren’t Simple at All The first step in stopping future mass shootings is figuring out what we know and working from there. Unfortunately, the real first step is getting rid of a bunch of stuff we "know" that turns out to be wrong. Michael Todd
News in Brief There’s No Magic Bullet Recent studies by The New York Times and the Mayo Clinic show how problematic restricting gun rights to the mentally ill can be. Lauren Kirchner
News in Brief Mapping the Laws, Lobbying, and Life-Altering Consequences of Guns Some recent attempts to quantify the chaos. Lauren Kirchner
Social Justice Kids and Guns, Parents and Drugs Journalists are misrepresenting a new study about the number of children killed every year by firearms. Vince Beiser
Social Justice Children and the Loaded Guns They Find at Home An equation as preventable as it is tragic. Lauren Kirchner