Violence
PW archives 1981: CPUSA leader Gus Hall on the attempted assassination of Reagan
July 15, 2024Recalling the Marxist observation that the ruling ideas of any era are those of the ruling class, Hall pinpoints monopoly capital’s pursuit of profits at all costs as the root cause of the violence erupting in...
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Jasmine ‘Star’ Parker, latest victim in epidemic of violence against Black trans people
February 1, 2023The 36-year-old was found murdered in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7.
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Federal ‘hot spot’ crime strategy in Detroit: More of the same?
June 27, 2022The initiative will bring federal prosecutions to neighborhoods where violent crimes are highest. Topping the charts are the neighborhoods on Detroit’s West and East Sides.
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How America’s newest prison became one of its deadliest
June 2, 2022Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said.
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Under U.S. capitalist culture, mass shootings like Uvalde are becoming normalized
June 1, 2022If I appear harsh on my homeland, it’s because so many suffer there—and everywhere!—despite a material abundance that could secure a decent life for everyone.
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