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Community Violence
A shared stage at the DNC spotlights how three forms of violence feed into one another.
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Philadelphia
A double-digit increase in the gun homicide rate may prime the hometown audience for the party's calls for tougher firearms laws.
Focusing on the neighborhood level is the best way to understand violence in America. Here are six charts that prove it.
Years of research indicate that police abuse can contribute to the conditions that make everyday gun violence harder to stop.
Commentary
"America’s longest-standing civil rights organization" is beholden to its white base.
Open Carry
Making a political statement, with rifles and handguns.
Election 2016
“We are on the cusp of losing this great American freedom,” Chris Cox says at the Republican National Convention.
Politics
Over the past quarter century, the party has become the NRA’s staunchest supporter.
It's perfectly legal in most states to show up at a protest with a loaded assault-style weapon.