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Opinion: What Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal About America’s Culture of Violence
American news outlets exploded with headlines about two eerily similar mass killings in Texas over the weekend. Both assailants killed eight people each. Both used weapons that advocates have fought for years to regulate because they are uniquely capable of killing large numbers of people in moments: the AR-15 rifle and the SUV.
May 9, 2023
95th Station shooting by CTA employee shouldn’t lead to more armed security
A violent incident involving a CTA employee should not be used as justification for more armed security on the CTA.
March 28, 2022
Cyclists rally behind Blackstone alumnus and Divvy worker Jermell Akins after shooting
After nearly dying after being shot three times outside his mother's house, Akins has a long road to recovery.
December 16, 2020
Chicago Needs a Vision Zero Plan for Eliminating Gun Violence
Why is the city creating an interdepartmental strategy to end traffic violence within a finite period of time, but not one for gun violence?
January 5, 2017
