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Mass Shootings / Gun Violence

Religion Dispatches
In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial ideas surviving into the new year and others moving from the fringe to become…
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Religion Dispatches
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord . Leviticus 18:21 As a nation, we have to ask: When in God’s name are we going to…
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Religion Dispatches
In the wake of every mass shooting in this country, we have a brief moment where we talk about the guns used and the need for gun control. And then rapidly, the gun lobby, conservative politicians…
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Religion Dispatches
Sometimes it’s little details that evoke the biggest feels. I’ve been writing about the Uvalde massacre most of the past week. I’ve been so focused on facts and arguments, I haven’t sobbed. But the…
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Religion Dispatches
More times than I can remember, I’ve had to ascend the minbar and address a Friday congregation reeling. Many Imams will do the same painful work this week. But for many American Muslims, Buffalo and…
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Religion Dispatches
You know it’s coming. Every time a mass shooting captures the American public’s consciousness, leading to demands for sensible gun control, one or more Republicans will attempt to “ shut that whole…
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Religion Dispatches
For the second time in almost as many weeks, a mass shooter used an AR-15-style rifle to kill innocent Americans. On May 14, PG allegedly used a variation of the AR-15 to shoot 13 people, 10 of them…
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Religion Dispatches
On Saturday, 18-year-old white supremacist P.G. drove to the “Tops” supermarket with the intention to kill people of color. He murdered ten people and wounded three others before he was arrested. All…
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Public Eye
How Media and Academia Help Incels Rebrand
The incel movement is a violent and misogynistic movement that has been rebranded with the help of mainstream media and academia, amplifying its violent rhetoric aimed at terrorizing women and destabilizing society.
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Religion Dispatches
Since the murder of eight people at Atlanta-area spas on March 16, there’s been a fierce debate over the causes of the shooting rampage. Some, such as Ruth Graham of the New York Times, have pointed…
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