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In Memoriam
"Forgiveness is a journey."
Gun Policy
Proposed fixes on the state and federal level have been thwarted by a mix of NRA opposition and legislative indifference.
Data
An analysis of federal data reveals a pattern of intimidation-by-firearm.
Commentary
Why fighting for better firearms laws and battling hatred go hand in hand.
Analysis shows that guns are the element that deadly attacks have in common.
Politics
President cites daily tally of murders by firearm in his eulogy for Charleston church shooting victim.
The president's eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney was a mature diagnosis of America's gun violence problem. David Frank, Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Oregon, explains why.
A portrait of the Emanuel AME Wednesday Bible study group in the hours that everything and nothing changed.
But expanding them would also require a cultural change.
Culture
The Charleston church shooting comes amid the Rev. Rob Schenck's push to make gun violence a pro-life issue.