Gun Control
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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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From the Vault, February 2013: The Great Gun Regulation Debate
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This article was originally published on February 25, 2013. Link to original article here. Gun sales in the United States are a huge business; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ran 19.5 million firearm background checks in 2012 alone. The recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, has reignited the national debate…
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A Way Forward on Guns: A Conversation with Arkadi Gerney on How to Win the Fight for Stricter Gun Laws
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Over the past few years, mass shootings have become more frequent, and especially with the December 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, CA, guns seem to have come to the fore. To what do you attribute this uptick in particularly public mass shootings and other types of gun violence over the…
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Polling and Policy: Pollster Joel Benenson Discusses the Role of Polling in Setting Presidential Agendas
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The Obama campaign’s chief pollster discusses his current role in the White House.