Top 20 Stories From the Year We Nearly Went Under
After roaring back with an issue on women’s health, we exposed heat deaths at Tesla and USPS, went after Angela Paxton, and broke news on queer rights.
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Arms Makers Target Kids to Boost Sales
With gun ownership declining in the United States, manufacturers and industry lobbyists like the NRA are deliberately marketing to children.
Three Months After Uvalde Tragedy, Hundreds Demand Increase in Assault Weapon Age Limit (Photos)
“Our children's lives depend on common-sense laws that the vast majority of Texans desperately want.“
Loon Star State: Moloch
In his latest political cartoon for the Observer, Ben Sargent considers the violent religious beliefs of the modern Republican party.
Poem: Uvalde
"Instead, Uvalde will mean something else to you. It won’t feel like a creek-polished stone when you say it."
Hey Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?
Hundreds of anti-gun violence protestors took over Discovery Green Park in Houston yesterday.
Will Uvalde Be Enough?
The body count linked to Texas’ lax gun laws continues to mount—this time in an elementary school.
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Everyday Gun Ownership Set the Stage for the Uvalde Massacre
The public discourse on firearms is so warped, even liberals fear stating the obvious: We need to ban them.
Texas Is Considering a Violence Prevention Effort Outside of Law Enforcement—Without Challenging Gun Rights Head On
A new bill would establish a statewide office that would be the first of its kind in the South, and among the first in the country.
After the Midland-Odessa Shooting, Texas Republicans Double Down on God and Guns Doctrine
After the second Texas mass shooting in a month, Democrats call for action while Republicans promise to protect the “God given rights” of gun ownership.