A closer look
Who Gets to Be a “Good Guy” with a Gun?
Laws governing who can legally own a gun take at face value the racist, incoherent category of “felon”—and thus worsen the crisis of mass incarceration.
guns
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interventions
On Both Sides of the Gun
Community-based gun violence prevention is at a crossroads. A group in Chicago shows how abolition may hold the key to its future.
In Depth
Federal Time
Congress’s rush to respond to recent mass shootings will criminalize Black and Brown communities the hardest, repeating historic mistakes that contributed to mass incarceration.
In Their Words
Second Class
For public defenders in New York, representing clients unjustly criminalized for gun possession is a matter of principle. Now, they have the Supreme Court’s attention.