Syria's Revolution Has Betrayed Its Promise
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
Millions of people are barred from owning firearms even though they have no history of violence, and they have essentially no recourse under current law.
It's far from the first case of terrorism inflation.
Incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González have different economic visions, but both support militaristic crime policies.
Linda Becerra Moran died on February 27 after nearly three weeks on life support. On Sunday, the LAPD released video of her being shot.
The Supreme Court will decide whether this threat to the Second Amendment is legally viable.
Hackman's performance as "Little Bill" Daggett in Unforgiven is an unflinching portrayal of how far the state will go to protect its corrupt monopoly on violence.
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
Politicians who’ve dropped the ball inevitably see the solution as reducing people's freedom.
The Fraternal Order of Police mistakenly thought that the president "supports our law enforcement officers" and "has our backs."
Biden’s preemptive pardons and Trump’s blanket relief for Capitol rioters both set dangerous precedents.
The president drew no distinction between people who merely entered the building and people who vandalized it or assaulted police officers.
Revolution in 35mm is a collection of essays exploring an era of political violence in cinema.
The Rip Current podcast is a good reminder that political division and even violence are not new in America.
From Jimmy Carter to Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama to John Kerry, politicians have led the abandonment of free speech.
The government has given itself special powers to deal with crimes that it could already prosecute.
December 17 is a day for mourning sex workers lost to violence and for drawing attention to conditions—like criminalization—that put sex workers at risk.
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NBC reports the assassin's video game habits, as if they matter.
With U.S.-supplied weapons and training, Brazil’s militarized police fuel a cycle of violence that claims thousands of lives each year while destabilizing the region.
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent.
The charges, which could send Colin Gray to prison for the rest of his life, are part of a broader attempt to criminalize parental failures.
While it is not true that "homicides are skyrocketing," recent trends in other kinds of violent crime are murkier.
Few problems can be resolved by grandstanding politicians threatening new penalties.
When civilians are the targets, terrorists’ grievances don’t matter; it’s time to hunt the perpetrators.
Violent crime fell by 3 percent last year, the agency estimates. That includes a 12 percent drop in homicides.
Trump and Vance should stop blaming Democratic rhetoric (and vice versa).
Diddy’s indictment turns the typical sex trafficking charge on its head.
Politicians and partisan fanatics spur each other to extremes in what they see as a struggle against evil.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to ponder which election was the most important one in their lifetimes.
According to Trump's preferred source, violent victimizations fell slightly in 2023, although the difference was not statistically significant.
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Matthew Farwell allegedly murdered a 23-year-old woman who was pregnant with his child. Their relationship is said to have began when she was 15. He was 27.
María Oropeza's arrest during a livestream highlights the dangers faced by opposition leaders in Venezuela and the regime's relentless efforts to silence dissent.
Thousands of people who helped the U.S. in Afghanistan are still looking for an escape.
The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment.
Although his campaign rejects the FBI's numbers as "garbage," they are broadly consistent with evidence from other sources.
Trump's campaign dismisses recent crime data while glossing over the fact that he was president during the huge homicide spike in 2020.
Politics have become too high stakes for Americans to back away from the brink.
The decision shows that the Supreme Court has forced judges who like gun control to respect the Second Amendment anyway.
An Illinois sheriff's deputy with a spotty employment history shot Sonya Massey in the face after responding to her report of a prowler.
The most notable recent increase happened on the former president's watch, when homicides spiked.
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The attack deserves condemnation. But it should not obscure the evil of Trump himself, including his role in promoting political violence.
The former president was rushed off stage after gunfire at a rally in Pennsylvania.
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