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Are active shooter drills worth it?
Students at Robb Elementary practiced lockdowns, but the research on the effectiveness of the drills overall is mixed.
How the Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun violence problem
If you can’t ban handguns, you’re just spinning your wheels.
An oil industry consultant explains why she’s had enough
She says Shell "blatantly doesn’t care" about climate change.
Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
It was one of the world's largest mandatory gun buybacks — and it was a smashing success.
Here’s where dangerous ticks are spreading across the US — and what to do about them
There are two main ticks to watch out for, and both are on the move.
The Uvalde police keep changing their story
Law enforcement noted they made the "wrong decision" when they didn’t confront the gunman sooner.
Why gun control feels out of reach — and why there’s still hope
A gun control expert on mass shootings, the progress gun control advocates have made, and why the NRA no longer defines gun culture in the US.
The philosopher who resisted despair
Albert Camus and the search for solace in a cruel age.