E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJan 7, 2016
The apologists for the weapons industry demonstrate their intellectual bankruptcy by regularly contradicting themselves with a straight face. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Pamela Alma Weymouth / TruthdigDec 15, 2015
What worked so well for Australia—firearm confiscation—unfortunately seems out of reach for the US Even so, there are common-sense approaches in some foreign countries that could work here Pictured right, California Lt Gov Gavin Newsom, who is proposing a 2016 ballot initiative to strengthen the state's gun laws Pictured above, California Lt. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigOct 8, 2015
Governments at all levels account for roughly 40 percent of gun industry revenue. The federal government alone accounts for about 25 percent. Taxpayers have a right to demand responsibility from an industry that gets so much of our money. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 3, 2015
Of all the revolvers, rifles, pistols, shotguns and other types of firearms made in the U.S. since 2013, only 4 percent were sent abroad. The other 10,413,880 stayed home. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigJul 16, 2015
I’m currently on vacation where birds eat dogs, far from any airport security line—but given the time of year, it seems only fitting to do a cartoon about summer travel and the TSA. Dig deeper
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 16, 2015
The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 6, 2015
While one glance at the news about recent police killings would probably lead you to assume that more unarmed minorities are killed than are weaponless whites, the actual numbers might astound you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigMay 29, 2015
As secretary of state, Clinton was charged with rejecting or approving weapons deals -- and when it came to Clinton Foundation donors, Clinton's State Department did a whole lot of approving. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigMar 19, 2015
The gun-lovers freaked and the ATF blinked. So goes the story when the federal agency charged with regulating ammunition blinked after a huge backlash sparked by the gun lobby. Dig deeper
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 6, 2014
The al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra (the Succor Front) not only took the territory of the moderate Muslim Syria Revolutionaries Front this weekend, it also polished off the Movement of the Resolute. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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