Tom Engelhardt: Guns, Guns, Guns
One of the grimmer small events of recent American life occurred just as 2014 was ending. A mother had her two-year old toddler perched in a shopping cart at an … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: On the recent assassination of two police officers
To stop future assassinations of police, we must toughen gun laws & end police brutality against minorities No sane person would condone or try to justify the execution-style killings of … Continue reading
Richard Sahn: Thoughts on Patriotism and War
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
Scene from the movie, “Platoon” Richard Sahn The other night I was watching the movie “Platoon” on television. An American soldier was killed every…
Marc Jampole: Gun Control Leads to a Civil Society
Those opposed to greater gun control don’t realize giving up rights is what civilization is all about “We give up our rights one piece at a time,” a West Virginia … Continue reading
‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Linked to Rise in Homicides, Extreme Racial Bias
Task force co-chair: “The more you look at them, the more problems you find.” States that have enacted “Stand Your Ground” laws have seen an increase in homicide rates and … Continue reading
Judiciary Committee Examines the Effect of Gun Violence on Women in America
Washington, DC – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “VAWA Next Steps: Protecting Women from Gun Violence.” With American women more than ten times more likely to … Continue reading
Abby Martin: How Exceptionalism Fuels America’s Gun Massacres
We recently passed the second anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where twenty helpless children and six staff members were gunned down in cold … Continue reading →