News From A Colorful Perspective
Two recent studies show cultural anxiety, gender and fear of crime are affecting people’s likelihood of owning — or being open to owning — guns. Tara Warner, an associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Criminal Justice, conducted two studies that connected this cultural phenomenon to…
A new study from Rutgers University-Newark has found that police are a leading cause of death among young — especially Black — men in America today. The study, which compiled data on police-involved deaths in the U.S., estimated the risks of being killed in a law enforcement encounter by age,…
In a since-made-private Facebook post, Ohio representative Candice Keller blamed gay marriage and “drag queen advocates,” among a litany other things, for mass shootings. This weekend’s shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas were the 254th and 255th mass shootings this year in the U.S. A mass shooting is…
As we reel from another set of white male mass murderers, we need to address and confront uncomfortable truths: The president is responsible for this. A long-term employer of undocumented workers and H2B temporary workers, President Trump is promoting hatred of people of color to maintain his political base. The…
Courtney Taylor Irby was in fear for her life on June 15. Her husband had tried to run her off the road and had been arrested for it. He was facing a domestic violence charge, Irby had a restraining order and he wasn’t even allowed to use, possess or carry…
Just a month after exploiting the death of Martin Luther King Jr. as a chance to discuss concealed carry, the National Rifle Association is following a very different set of rules for Vice President Mike Pence. Pence will speak at the NRA’s convention this weekend in Dallas. And no weapons…
NRATV host Collins Iyare “Colion Noir” Idehen Jr. came after the survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., just two days before anti-gun violence rallies swept the nation. Noir said in a video: “To all the kids from Parkland getting ready to use your First Amendment to attack everyone…
A state representative from Alabama doesn’t believe “lady teachers” should or want to carry firearms. “We don’t need to have a lady teacher in a school that’s got a firearm,” Harry Shiver (R-Stockton) said at a public safety meeting last week, according to WSFA. “I taught for 32 years, and…
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