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Q & A
Lisa Moore teaches gay and lesbian studies at the University of Texas, where she is a founder of Gun-Free UT. "Shutting down dissent and free speech," she says, "is the opposite of what should happen on a college campus."
'In movies you always die quickly from a gunshot wound. But not in real life.'
Jooyoung Lee documents the very painful ways that shooting injuries transform vibrant young men.
Justin George has covered Baltimore's endless shootings from the ground. Here's what residents have told the Sun journalist could help reduce the killing.
Chicago
An innovative program by epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has helped reduce violence in some urban neighborhoods by up to 70 percent.
Criminologist Tom Nolan blames poor discipline for the shooting deaths of unarmed men like Michael Brown.
Extremism
Arno Michaelis saw firsthand how white supremacists like Dylann Roof are arming themselves for a race war.
Hunters like Randy Newberg are standing up to state lawmakers in the West as they push to gain control of public lands.