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Conservatives often argue against proposals for public remedy on grounds of futility. Public remedy will be ineffectual, they say, because the problems it is meant to fix arise from intractable social conditions or human nature. When the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson recently responded to de...

New research shows widening gaps between red and blue states in life expectancy.

During those boring days of lockdown, I went on a journey. I travelled across centuries and countries to research my family history.

The court is considering the safety of victims of domestic violence, bump stocks and more.

Clearly, nothing illustrates America's collective insanity than our love affair with guns. If we don’t act to curtail the AR15-style assault weapons mass shooting in this country, we may find ourselves confronting a domestic terrorist attack reminiscent of the helplessness we felt on September 11, 2001.

Clearly, nothing illustrates America's collective insanity than our love affair with guns. If we don’t act to curtail the AR15-style assault weapons mass shooting in this country, we may find ourselves confronting a domestic terrorist attack reminiscent of the helplessness we felt on September 11, 2001.

The challenge of gun violence is not intractable, says Patrick Sharkey. If states take basic steps to regulate guns, it will save thousands and thousands of lives.

Some progress has been made on firearm violence in recent decades.

The devastated parents of abuse victim Darren Maher said they were tricked by the manipulative coach who preyed on him.

The parents of a man who drank himself to death have told how their only son was tortured by the abuse he suffered at the hands of his sports coach.