#NoBillNoBreak –25 hours of history
My phone fired off notifications from Facebook and Periscope about every five minutes, signal flares from a body of people angered by a crisis of GOP gridlock and apathy.
The House sit-in wasn’t dumb or great, it was a beginning
One action isn't going to do it. Progressives will have to do much more to break industry's choke hold on Congress.
Time for the NRA’s members to step up
As gun owners, blood will be on our hands if we keep selfishly doing nothing.
Racist terrorism in Charleston
All who support racial equality, democracy and justice know that the world is watching: this is time to mobilize to bring an end to racist terror and structural racism in general.
Quakers unite, and inspire, on gun violence
The Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, have an expression called "holding in the light..."
Can Destry ride again? An essay on gun control
Reducing gun violence in modern America, is not as simple as in "Destry." But neither is it a lot more complicated!
It’s simple: Talk, don’t shoot
It's not complicated. Less guns equals less murders. But arms sales are through the roof now.
The Second Amendment and “insurrection”
At the Congressional hearing on legislation to curb gun violence NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre repeated the mantra of the right wing extremist movement.
Philadelphia story: Terrible math of gun violence
Since coming to Philadelphia in 1973, I personally have known at least six parents/grandparents who have lost a total of seven children and grandchildren to gun violence.
Fight to end gun violence is key to defending democracy
Americans are now insisting that the ability to live free from the fear or threat of gun violence is a fundamental democratic right.
