Man Firing Into Toronto Cafes Shoots 15 People, Killing 2

ROB GILLIES / The Associated Press Jul 23, 2018 A man with a handgun shoots into restaurants and cafes as he walks along a Toronto street before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Love Us

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Frustrated AMA Adopts Sweeping Proposals to Cut Gun Violence

LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated Press Jun 12, 2018 The American Medical Association says gun violence is as menacing as a lethal infectious disease. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Building on Our Poor People’s Campaign Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2018 Our reader-funded project to launch coverage of this important movement has been a success. Now we need your help to keep documenting activism across the nation in this historic moment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Thousands March in New York Gun Protest

The Associated Press Jun 3, 2018 The march is one of several taking place around the country to protest gun violence and urge lawmakers to pass gun restrictions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Politics

Documenting the Poor People’s Campaign

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2018 Activists and civil rights advocates from across the nation have joined to create a new movement that is reigniting Martin Luther King's 1968 effort to fight racism, militarism and materialism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump, the NRA, Mass Shootings and the American Culture of Death

Bill Blum / Truthdig May 20, 2018 The president and the gun lobby combine to put fear and dehumanization in our hearts, creating a fertile environment for continued outbreaks of mass violence. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Survivor’s Haunting Reaction to the Santa Fe High School Massacre

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig May 18, 2018 At least 10 people were killed in Southeast Texas Friday morning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In the Red

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Shotgun Blast Wounds 1 at Florida School; Suspect in Custody

CURT ANDERSON / The Associated Press Apr 20, 2018 On a day planned for a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence, a 19-year-old man with a shotgun wounded one student at Forest High School in Ocala, Fla., before being arrested. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wyoming School District OKs Armed Staff

MEAD GRUVER / The Associated Press Apr 18, 2018 The district where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suggested that teachers be armed to protect children from grizzly bears approves a measure aimed at preventing school shootings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Weaponization of Everyday Life

Frida Berrigan / TomDispatch Apr 16, 2018 One in four Americans now owns a gun or lives in a household with guns, making us first in the world in gun ownership, by far. But are we truly safer because of it? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )