Opinion: Coverage of Brooklyn shooting ignores lessons of previous mass shootings
Mainstream media coverage following last week's Brooklyn shooting has failed readers on multiple counts, focusing on the alleged attacker rather than the victims and failing to use trigger warnings.
Photography and multimedia series ‘Show One’ illuminates prevalent themes in modern culture
From the Photography & Imaging department class of 2022, “Show One” displays works that cover themes prevalent in modern society through a variety of artistic mediums.
Opinion: Stop blaming school shootings on bullying
In light of the tragic school shooting in Michigan, it is important to reject attempts to link bullying to mass murder.
Opinion: Striking down New York’s gun law could harm Black and brown people
If the Supreme Court makes a conservative decision in NRA v. Bruen, Black and brown people in New York City could be harmed.
Opinion: Conservative win in Second Amendment case could spur liberal court reform
Last Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision regarding the Second Amendment, making this the first time the court has taken up this issue in over a decade. While gun rights activists are almost surely going to win, liberals may be able to turn it around and push for further court reform.
Gun control has a racist past
The March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado, reignited conversations around gun control. However, many of these conversations overlook how gun control legislation has been used as a tool to suppress Black revolutionary movements.
Can We Move on From a Recurring Tragedy?
Following three shootings this past weekend, it’s hard to maintain hope for a better future and even harder to move forward.
The Red Flag Law Doesn’t Do Enough
Despite being hailed as a progressive achievement, New York State’s new gun control law isn’t enough to stop gun violence.
Gays Against Guns Holds Rally for Thousand Oaks Shooting Victims
Dozens of people gathered in Times Square on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the lives of the 12 people killed in the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, on Wednesday and to call for gun control reform moving forward.
I Grew Up in England. I Don’t Understand Gun Culture.
As a student studying abroad in the United States, staff writer Natasha Jokic reflects upon what she has observed as a strange sense of desensitization in response to gun violence amongst young Americans.
