gun-violence
In a Parkland World, Where Does the Red Ryder BB Gun Live?
Many know the iconic air gun from ‘A Christmas Story.’ But that nostalgic holiday staple, like the rifle itself, has become a political hot potato
Everyone Is Readying for Battle in Post-Rittenhouse America
The far-right was waging IRL violence long before the 18-year-old killer went free. But the verdict is fueling a hero myth around Rittenhouse — and questions of a new standard of violence
The Feds Took Credit for Nailing an Incel Terrorist. Do They Deserve It?
How big charges and splashy headlines rewrote the story of a foiled mass shooting
Nazis, the KKK and Murder in Broad Daylight: The Greensboro Massacre of 1979
For 40 years, the North Carolina city has tried to forget about the role it — and its corrupt police department — played in a mid-day shootout in a Black neighborhood that took the lives of five people