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Biden Praised for Taking 'Crucial First Step' to 'Prioritize People Over Guns'

"The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as a nation," the president said.
Jessica Corbett ·
President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2021. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to be expelled from Congress. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; C-SPAN)

Ocasio-Cortez Says Stripping Marjorie Taylor Greene of Committees Isn't Enough—'She Must Be Expelled'

Jessica Corbett ·

David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida., speaks on the East Front of the Capitol during a rally to organize letters to be delivered to congressional offices calling for an expansion of background checks on gun purchases on Monday, March 25, 2019. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

If Someone Like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Shoots and Kills Me,' Says David Hogg, 'Politicize My Death' to Strengthen Gun Laws

Jessica Corbett ·

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been a prolific spreader of lies, conspiracy theories, and bigotry. (Photo: Erin Scott/AFP via Getty Images)

Report Reveals Racist Conspiracy Theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Showed Support for Murdering Democrats

Brett Wilkins ·

Because Defeating NRA 'Takes a Movement,' March for Our Lives Co-Founder Joins Sanders Campaign as Gun Violence Prevention Advisor

Julia Conley ·

The students walked away from the unit with a deeper sense of the wars America has been and a more nuanced understanding of World War II and Vietnam. (Photo: via EuroYankee)

Teaching War So That It Matters

Students need to be taught a more nuanced and complete narrative on the endless wars America has been involved in.

Brian Gibbs ·

Fueling Surge in Demand for Stricter US Gun Laws, Poll Shows Six in 10 Fear They Could Be Next Victim of Mass Shooting

Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer appealed directly to President Donald Trump to support stricter gun control, amid inaction by Mitch McConnell in the Senate

Julia Conley ·

"We Don't Have to Live Like This": March for Our Lives Unveils Sweeping Plan to Address Gun Violence and Strengthen Democracy

"Created by survivors, so you don't have to be one."

Julia Conley ·

Before the manic response to school shootings and the madness of zero-tolerance, those students would have been counseled and redirected, but not expelled.

Stop Criminalizing Children in the Name of School Security

We need a more realistic law that balances security and responsibility with children’s right to make mistakes and to learn from them. Punish them. But don’t crucify them.

Pierre Tristam ·

From Greta Thunberg to Parkland: Young Activists and the Right-Wing Smear Industry

These attacks have become an industry supposedly rooted in a worldview that worships rights and individual freedoms, but, in actual fact, is rooted in a hatred of activism, principle, and dedication

Christian Christensen ·

Students get off buses after being evacuated to the Recreation Center at Northridge after at least seven students were injured during a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

March For Our Lives Demands End to 'Generation Lockdown' Following Latest School Shooting

"We must save lives. We must act now."

Andrea Germanos ·

Treating Gun Violence 'As the Epidemic That It Is,' Cory Booker Wins Praise for Sweeping Gun Control Plan

"If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to own a gun," the 2020 presidential candidate said

Julia Conley ·

One Year After Parkland Massacre, Student-Led Movement Celebrated for Renewed Progress on Gun Control Legislation

"Elections have consequences."

Julia Conley ·

WATCH: Parkland Survivor Slams USA Today for Giving Mass Murderer Notoriety He Killed to Achieve

"Let's stop making mass shooters famous."

Julia Conley ·

As Gun Violence Finally Gets Hearing, Teen Parkland Survivor Implores Lawmakers: 'Give My Generation a Chance'

Gun violence is "a uniquely American issue and it is uniquely in each of your hands to help fix it," one witness told a House committee at the first hearing on the subject in eight years

Julia Conley ·

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