The details of the panel were slow coming, but students from 12 Santa Fe high schools have organized a tremendous panel and it is tomorrow, so I wanted you to know. Let’s show support for the students. Also info on… Read More ›
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Peter DeBenedittus: Best KSFR Interview I’ve Done; Listen at 11 on Saturday
A note on Peter D’s very impressive interview. You will want to listen in at 11 on Saturday on KSFR 101.1 FM or stream it on your computer. And at long last, an easy, online way to donate to Retake… Read More ›
The Truth About Gun Control: Polling, Research, Impact
The vast, vast majority of Americans (even NRA members) want gun control, yet the NRA and timid politicians are responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 Americans a year. Florida students descended on the legislature and the White House. The… Read More ›
A Path to Sustainable Justice: Connecting the Dots of Oppression
Building on Thanksgiving’s blog, today we point to evidence that a fundamental challenge to the status quo is building on several fronts: Occupy, Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, and #Metoo are movement that are not questioning isolated injustices but the… Read More ›
Why We Can’t Get Background Checks & Other Restrictions on Guns
With 9 out of 10 Americans and even 9 out of 10 gun owners wanting background checks and other limitations on gun access, why can’t we even discuss the issue intelligently?
In Las Vegas Aftermath: What We Can Learn from Australia
In addition to analysis of gun violence in the US and why the gun lobby will win again… and again…and again, we provide both discussion of how Australia controlled guns in just 3 months after the Port Arthur mass shooting.