The shootings in Orlando and debates over transgender bathroom access show that marriage is only the beginning in the push for full equality.
Orlando shooting
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How to “Make it Stop”
The Boston Globe lists six senators standing in the way of an assault weapons ban.
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What Sen. Murphy’s Filibuster Accomplished
This is a huge spotlight on the Senate’s response to Orlando.
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Quick Takes: Obama Has a Plan for Defeating ISIS…and It’s Working
* I suggest that you take a few minutes to read or watch President Obama’s remarks today on the status of our counterterrorism efforts against ISIS. He laid out all of the ways that our efforts to defeat them are proceeding – including the fact that they have lost 50% of the territory they once […]
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Can We Prevent Mass Shootings?
If you’d like to take a deep dive into the question of whether or not we can prevent mass shootings, you’ll find no better discussion than the one written by Mark Follman back in 2015. But fair warning: you’re not going to find any easy answers there. Much of the discussion we’ve been having lately […]
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The Orlando Shooting: Can Educating the Public Keep LGBTQ Youth Safe?
It’s more urgent now than ever.
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The Worst Mass Shooting in American History. And We Still Won’t Do a Damn Thing About the Guns.
I want to ask when the gun violence will finally stop in this country. But I know better than to ask, because the answer is “not anytime soon.” A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub, killing approximately 20 people dead and wounding 42 […]
