by Darryll J. Pines and Gregory Washington We see so many remarkable families whose loved ones have been silenced by bullets stand before crowds and cameras and, despite unfathomable grief, plead for their fellow Americans to act out against senseless, preventable gun violence. And, ...
by Steve Lopez When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn’t know exactly how scary the results would be. “We expected the findings to be concerning, but these exceed our worst ...
by John M. Crisp Remember Uvalde? Does it seem that our memory of the shocking murder of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers has faded too quickly? But just as Uvalde quickly eclipsed the massacre of 10 people in Buffalo 10 days prior, the murder of seven at a July Fourth parade in ...
by Gregory A. Daddis Another American holiday. Another mass shooting. This time in Highland Park, Ill., where at least seven were killed. We seem destined to both celebrate and mourn these days. While the May 24 tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were ...
On Sunday, July 3, a gunman walked into a mall and opened fire. Armed with one rifle and one pistol, the 22-year-old killed three people and wounded (to varying degrees) 30 more. On Monday, July 4, a gunman climbed onto a rooftop and opened fire on a Fourth of July parade. Armed with a ...
by Rev. Zachary Morton The Greater Morgantown Interfaith Association wants to call the community’s attention to a local issue that is of special concern to vulnerable public spaces. A number of terrorist attacks by mass shooters have occurred across our nation in the last decade. ...