mass shootings
Republican glorification of gun violence is the real ‘war on Christmas’
December 7, 2021Nazis were notorious for perverting Christmas for violent ends, but Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie is giving the Hitler-worshippers a run for their money.
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Transit workers, AFL-CIO mourn mass shooting at union meeting
May 27, 2021Perhaps it was inevitable in an era of mass shootings nationwide, but one finally hit the union movement personally.
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Anger mounts as police cover for Atlanta murderer of Asian women
March 18, 2021The anti-AAPI hate crimes also expose a sliver of the horrible social and economic conditions faced by AAPI communities, made worse by the pandemic.
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‘Emanuel’ recounts tragic 2015 murders in Charleston and radical Christian forgiveness
October 11, 2019The tragic incident on June 17, 2015, blazed to the top of the news: A 21-year-old white supremacist named Dylan Roof calmly entered the door to Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Gun Violence Memorial Project allows victims to speak, even in death
September 24, 2019Part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial until Jan. 2020, it seeks to create a permanent national memorial honoring victims of gun violence.
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