The NRA Responds to Sandy Hook Shooting, Richard Engel Is Freed, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 19, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including a serious female contender to become the next defense secretary and Nate Silver's analysis of gun ownership in America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America Reacts

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The Shot Heard Round the World

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Westboro Baptist Church’s Tax-Exempt Status Challenged

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 19, 2012 Despite its vitriolic activities and protests that are political in nature, the hate group Westboro Baptist Church has somehow managed to keep its IRS tax-exempt status. But after its publicly announced plans to picket the funerals of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, tens of thousands of people have signed petitions hoping to change that. Despite its vitriolic activities and protests that are political in nature, the hate group Westboro Baptist Church has somehow managed to keep its IRS tax-exempt status. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Schoolhouse Glock

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Self Gun Control

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NRA-Hole

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First, Get Rid of the Guns

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 18, 2012 Politicians who are too craven or stupid or ideologically rigid to finally move forward on gun control will have the blood of future victims on their hands. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Now Is the Time

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 The horror in Newtown, Conn., should shake us out of the cowardice, the fear, the evasion and the opportunism that prevent our political system from acting to curb gun violence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Anonymous Hacks, Promises to ‘Destroy’ Westboro Baptist Church

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 The hacktivist group Anonymous is going after Westboro Baptist Church after members of the Topeka, Kan., religious hate group announced plans to protest at Sandy Hook Elementary School after the massacre that claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Is This the Most Inappropriate Reaction to Sandy Hook School Shooting?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Oregon state Rep. Dennis Richardson sent an email the day of the Connecticut massacre explaining how most of the kids who were killed that day "would still be alive" if he had been a principal or a teacher at the school. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer on the Connecticut School Shooting and Gun Control

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, Truthdig's editor-in-chief weighed in on gun control laws, the powerful weapons lobby and the possible renewal of the assault weapons ban during an extended interview on "The Sunday Show with Philip Maldari." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )