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Health

I Shot Myself in the Head and Survived

09.20.16

By Christen McGinnes as told to Kerry Shaw
Breaking Down Another Bloody Summer of Gun Violence

09.07.16

By Jennifer Mascia and Brian Freskos
How the Government Makes Gun Records Impossible to Trace

09.06.16

By Dan Friedman
Here’s How the Gun Industry Plans to Prevent 10,000 Suicides

08.30.16

By Maura Ewing
The Founder of Black Guns Matter on How to Reduce Urban Violence

08.23.16

By Maj Toure, as told to Mike Spies
Trump’s ‘Second Amendment People’ Already Think They Have the Right to Fight the Government with Guns

08.15.16

By Olivia Li
California Gun Owners Are Lashing Out Against New Firearms Laws

08.10.16

By Paul von Zielbauer
What Trump’s Second Amendment ‘Joke’ Says About Gun Politics in 2016

08.09.16

By The Trace
A Former Police Chief Says the Way We Train Cops to Use Lethal Force Is Broken

07.12.16

By Norm Stamper, as told to Kerry Shaw
Here Are the Deadliest Attacks on Cops in the Last 100 Years

07.08.16

By The Trace
That Time the NRA Tried to Tie Tiananmen Square to American Gun Rights

07.04.16

By Jennifer Mascia
A Group of GOP Senators Is Refusing to Bow to the NRA

06.30.16

By Dan Friedman

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Music

4 Nu-Metal Bands From the 90s Who Weren’t Really Nu-Metal

I wouldn’t argue with you over bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit being nu-metal, but Deftones and Orgy are a whole other conversation.

2 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
Gaming

Fans Desperately Wanted These New Overwatch Characters, So Why Are They So Disappointed With the Designs?

Overwatch recently revealed five new heroes for the game, but fans aren’t thrilled over some of the design choices.

3 hours ago

By Grace Black
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Life

Gen Z Is the First Generation Dumber Than Their Parents, Neuroscientist Claims

Welp, this is awkward.

3 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
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News

Philly Bar Bans Anyone Under 25 After Kid Gives ID With Ben Franklin’s Photo

You have to admire the creativity.

3 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Music

Founding CAKE Guitarist and ‘The Distance’ Songwriter, Greg Brown, Has Died at 56

Greg Brown, founding guitarist of CAKE and songwriter of their breakout hit ‘The Distance’, has died at 56 after a ‘brief illness.’

3 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert