News in Brief The Paradox in America’s Treatment of Gun Violence Where we worry most, we can help the least; and where we could help most, we care the least. Stopping gun violence is all about knowing where to start. Stephen Lurie
News in Brief America Will Never Embrace Gun Control Under Barack Obama Why Obama's election also yielded a strange new obsession with gun rights. Jared Keller
Social Justice The Mental Illness Stigma How do mass shootings impact people's attitudes toward the mentally ill? Melanie Tannenbaum