Author: Megan Sanders
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We Don’t Need More ‘Terror on Repeat’
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Co-authored by David Chrisinger, Executive Director of the Harris School of Public Policy Writing Workshop and advisor to the Chicago Policy Review. In the first two months of 2024, more than 5,000 Americans were injured or killed by guns in various forms of violence, including more than 50 mass shootings.…
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We Live in an Era of Ritual Child Sacrifice
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Isabeau Dasho is the Assistant director of the Harris Writing Workshop and new mom. Co-authored by Megan Sanders. Recently I attended the “Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery” exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum. It was deft, approachable, and well handled. The curators took care with the horrific and scary bits, respectfully…
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Leading with Empathy: Beto O’Rourke on Gun Violence Policy and Healing in America
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Beto O’Rourke has held many political titles but would center each on his identity as a Texan. After serving as an El Paso City Council member, O’Rourke served as the U.S. Representative to Texas’ 16th Congressional District from 2013 to 2019. O’Rourke ran for the Senate in 2018, for President…
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Will Illinois’ New Assault Weapons Ban Reduce Gun Violence?
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Six months after a gunman legally purchased a semiautomatic rifle and killed seven people in Highland Park, a northern Chicago suburb, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act into law, banning the sale and delivery of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches. Cook County enacted similar legislation…