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Aug 9, 2019
Toni Morrison Made Words Burn and Cry: Marlon James on His Biggest Hero
IDEAS
by Marlon James
Aug 8, 2019
The El Paso Shooting Is a Reminder of an Ugly Side of Texas History
HISTORY
by Yolanda Leyva
Aug 8, 2019
No, Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings. But The Conversation Shouldn’t End There
IDEAS
by Simon Parkin
Aug 8, 2019
How To Stop White Supremacist Terrorism
IDEAS
by Rod Rosenstein
Aug 8, 2019
My Fellow Republicans Must Stand Against the Alt-Right Virus Infecting America
IDEAS
by David French
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Aug 8, 2019
President Bill Clinton: Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now
IDEAS
by Bill Clinton
Aug 8, 2019
How Ferguson Woke Us Up
IDEAS
by Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Aug 8, 2019
Rory Kennedy Remembers Documentary Pioneer D.A. Pennebaker
IDEAS
by Rory Kennedy
Aug 8, 2019
The Story Behind TIME's Gun Violence Cover
IDEAS
by Edward Felsenthal
Aug 8, 2019
We Asked Trump to Recognize That Words Matter. His Refusal to Do So Has Led to More Tragedy
IDEAS
by Avigail Oren and Jonathan Mayo
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Aug 7, 2019
Life Inside Kashmir During the Shutdown
WORLD
by Fahad Shah
Aug 7, 2019
'The Most Formidable Mind of Our Times.' Tayari Jones Honors Toni Morrison's Work and Legacy
IDEAS
by Tayari Jones
Aug 7, 2019
Social Media Has Been a Tool for Good After Mass Shootings. We Can't Cede It to Hate
IDEAS
by Ryan Deitsch
Aug 7, 2019
The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness
IDEAS
by Megan L. Ranney and Jessica Gold
Aug 6, 2019
Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Was Never About Legality — It Was About Our Brown Skin
IDEAS
by Julissa Arce