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How Democrats Learned to Stop Playing Scared on Guns

06.27.16

By Mike Spies and Olivia Li
These Are the Americans Who Still Oppose Closing the Terror Gap

06.23.16

By Brian Freskos & Olivia Li
Democrats in Congress Are Revolting Against the GOP Over Gun Control

06.23.16

By Dan Friedman
Can Congress Rescue a Bill to Close the ‘Terror Gap’?

06.21.16

By Dan Friedman
Identity

How Orlando Mourned Victims of the Pulse Massacre Last Night

06.14.16

By Brian Freskos
Identity

How Florida’s Twisted Gun Laws Made the Orlando Attack Possible

06.13.16

By The Trace
The NRA Wants Republicans to Get ‘Tough on Crime’ Again

06.09.16

By Alex Yablon
Drugs

Criminals Are Flooding Vermont to Trade Guns for Heroin

06.02.16

By Dan Friedman
The NRA’s Long Love-Hate Relationship with the Police

05.31.16

By Alex Yablon
Not All NRA Members Are Happy About the Donald Trump Endorsement

05.23.16

By Mike Spies
Why Some Gun Lovers Still Aren’t Sold on Donald Trump

05.12.16

By Nora Biette-Timmons and Mike Spies
I’m a Republican Lawmaker in the Deep South and These Are the Gun Laws I Can Support

05.10.16

By Mike Spies

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