Is there a coverup going on about the police response to the Uvalde school massacre? While the 18-year-old shooter was inside a classroom with elementary students, some who had covered themselves in their classmates’ blood to hide and others who may ha…
‘Chilling’: Trump Allies Sought to Send Armed Private Contractors to Seize Voting Machines
“This was a failed coup and these people are still plotting,” said one observer. BY JULIA CONLEYCommon Dreams Allies of former President Donald Trump sought to have voting machines seized by armed private contractors in the weeks after the 2020 electio…
Change won’t appear overnight in many states if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 14: Workers at a family planning clinic watch as thousands of Abortion rights demonstrators march past their clinic chanting support on their way into downtown on May 14, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. The march was one of many taki…
DEPP v HEARD: THE MAN WINS AGAIN
I’m a little nervous about this cartoon. But I think I’m right to draw it. I hate explaining cartoons in the blog, but I’m going to do that today. I already have people on Facebook screaming at me over this one, and that’s OK. A lot of people didn’t wa…
DON’T SAY “GUNS”
Did you know that more than 30 states have laws allowing school districts to arm teachers? Naturally, giving guns to teachers is a Republican idea, like banning doors. It’s not a great idea to arm teachers. Some states require over 150 hours of firearm…
5 ways to reduce school shootings
Restrictive gun laws bring down the murder rate.Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Paul Boxer, Rutgers University – Newark After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, psychology professor Paul Boxer and his colleagues reviewed research to see w…
On this day in 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN
Flickr CC Television news fragmentation in the United States began on 01 June 1980 when Robert “Ted” Turner launched CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. At that time, national television news took place for 30 minutes each evening about dinner time. TV sets would…
MEMORIAL DAY, 2022
I broke one of my rules for this cartoon. I’m not big on holiday cartoons to begin with and since I’m a freelancer, I don’t have to draw them now. Back when I worked at The Free Lance-Star, my editor demanded a cartoon for every Memorial and Veterans D…
Guns and Poses: Reflections on the Uvalde Shooting
by Lauri Baron There’s a national gun crisis when: The NRA has more influence than the PTA. Russia’s bombing of markets and schools generates bipartisan cooperation on aiding Ukraine, whereas domestic massacres result in partisan polarization over comm…
Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings
The front page of the local newspaper in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022.Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images) Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in Ma…