How Much Could Obama’s Gun Moves Affect Gun Violence? Nobody Knows.
Will simply explaining current law more clearly help save lives?
Why Counting Mass Shootings is a Bad Way to Understand Gun Violence in America
It glosses over the broader reality of who is most at risk of being murdered with guns.
How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives
By failing to talk about the majority of gun murder victims — black men — politicians and advocates are missing the chance to save lives.
How Much of Your Data Would You Trade for a Free Cookie?
An artist tests whether New Yorkers will give away their mother's maiden name or part of their Social Security number for a homemade cookie.
Fact-Checking Feinstein on the Assault Weapons Ban
The senator says "the evidence is clear: the ban worked." Except there's no evidence it saved lives – and the researcher behind the key statistic Feinstein cites says it's an outdated figure that was based on a false assumption.
The Best Reporting on PTSD in Children Exposed to Violence
What happens to children and teenagers exposed to violence in their own neighborhoods.
Why Do Democrats Keep Trying to Ban Guns That Look Scary, Not the Guns That Kill the Most People?
On the twentieth anniversary of the assault weapons ban, a look at why politicians and the public support a policy that showed no evidence of saving lives.
Why Gun Control Groups Have Moved Away from an Assault Weapons Ban
A decade after the ban expired, gun control groups say that focusing on other policies will save more American lives.
The Hidden Cost of Gun Violence: Meet a Mother and Her 7-Year-Old With PTSD
Thousands of Americans in high-violence neighborhoods have developed post-traumatic stress. 24-year-old Aireana and her children are among the few who've been able to get treatment.
Six Days in Ferguson: Voices from the Protests
A day-by-day chronology of what happened in Ferguson, drawn from the best reporting by journalists and witnesses on the ground.