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June 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
How Congress Can Fight Political Violence
Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.
June 27, 2016
Keith Guzik, Gary T. Marx
Regulating Cars Made Them Safer. Can We Do the Same with Guns?
The best part: This plan wouldn't require congressional approval.
June 22, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Ted Cruz is getting back to what he does best.
June 17, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Are we sure Rick Scott doesn’t want to be Trump’s veep?
June 17, 2016
Neil Johnson
The Secret Behind Online ISIS Recruitment
Disrupting pro-ISIS online ‘ecosystems’ could help thwart real-world terrorism like in Orlando.
June 17, 2016
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
No, Gun Control Won’t Prevent Terrorism. But That’s Not the Point.
June 16, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
What is John McCain even talking about?
June 16, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Is Turning Wedge Issues on His Own Party
Did we mention he has lost the plot?
June 15, 2016
Omer Aziz
Orlando Has Exposed Islam’s Huge Homophobia Problem
The horrific attack on a gay nightclub is an outgrowth of the religion's tortured approach to sexuality.
June 15, 2016
Joshua D. Freilich, Jeff Gruenewald, Steven Chermak, William Parkin
Was the Orlando Shooting a Hate Crime or Terrorist Act? The Answer Matters.
June 14, 2016
Alexander Chee
The Courage of Being Queer
The LGBT community will turn grief into resolve after the Orlando massacre.
June 14, 2016
Brian Beutler
The political media simply can’t lose sight over the next five months of how abnormal the Trump campaign is.
June 14, 2016
Lisa Wade
The Hypermasculine Violence of Omar Mateen and Brock Turner
Two violent men, two symptoms of the same sickness.
June 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Was Omar Mateen a self-hating gay man?
June 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Stuck to His Script. What Do GOP Leaders Say Now?
As Monday's Orlando speech showed, a teleprompter doesn't make Trump any less odious, or any more reasonable.
June 13, 2016
Jacob Bacharach
When Forgetting Is the Proper Response to Terrorism
June 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s Obama-Orlando conspiracy theory is nuts, but not too nuts for the GOP.
June 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
A mass killing in a gay club reminded Marco Rubio of his public calling to oppose gay rights and gun regulation.
June 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Republican voters loved Donald Trump’s response to terror attacks. Will the rest of America?
June 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Orlando Massacre Is an Act of Terror, Whatever the Tangle of Causes
Was Omar Mateen motivated by radical ideology, mental instability, or anti-gay animus? It's still an act of political violence.

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