• Gun Violence

It took one mass shooting for New Zealand to ban assault weapons

The US’s unique politics and political system make it much harder for America to take similarly swift action.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the filibuster, 2020, and Medicare-for-all

Vox interviews Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

Chick-fil-A’s charitable foundation kept donating to anti-LGBTQ groups

In 2012, the company claimed it would "leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government."

“Listen, man, we’re used to working”: Andrew Gillum on why O’Rourke is running for president and he’s not

Gillum is going to work to turn Florida blue in 2020, instead of running for president.

Trump’s new executive order on campus free speech is more symbolism than substance

Trump is tying free speech to federal research grant money. That’s already part of current law.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro just escalated his standoff with Juan Guaidó

It surely looks like Maduro is much more emboldened now.

New survey shows Americans are unhappier than they’ve been in years

There’s a potentially surprising reason why.

Why this climate change data is on flip-flops, leggings, and cars

"Warming stripes" keep showing up on clothes and crafts.