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The Rise of the Fourth

Published on May 16, 2018 in Culture/U.S. by Cameron Lovejoy

By Cameron Lovejoy. On Georgia’s neo-Nazi rally and the trees in its fire.

Published on May 13, 2018 in Culture/U.S. by David M. Taylor

By David M. Taylor. A racist epithet underscores disempowerment as old as this country.

Published on April 20, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Eloísa Pérez-Lozano

By Eloísa Pérez-Lozano. A mother and child hide amidst protective instinct and barbaric reality.

Published on April 20, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by C.C. Fuller

By C.C. Fuller. Children continue to lead against gun violence. Today, they’re walking out of class.

Published on March 25, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Zoe Young

By Zoe Young. Signs of protest at the March for Our Lives implore for lasting change.

Published on March 24, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Ann E. Wallace

By Ann E. Wallace. Today’s student-led March for Our Lives broke protest records.

Published on March 13, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by dl mattila

By dl mattila. 7,000 empty shoes, in memory of the children killed by guns since Sandy Hook.

Published on March 12, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Devon Balwit

By Devon Balwit. America is a bullet wound.

Published on March 4, 2018 in Politics/U.S. by Jane Rosenberg LaForge

By Jane Rosenberg LaForge. “Give me your filthy rich, your perfectly spaced-apart in manageable intervals…”

Published on March 3, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Elizabeth Kuelbs

By Elizabeth Kuelbs. A monumental movement against gun violence has risen.