What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means For Gun Control

What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means For Gun Control

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court just dramatically expanded Americans’ right to bear arms. In a 6-3 opinion, in which the court’s Republican-appointed justices were in the majority, the court ruled that a New York law severely restricting the ability to carry a concealed handgun in public was violated violates the constitution. This … Read more

Support For Gun Control Will Likely Rise After Uvalde. But History Suggests It Will Fade.

Support For Gun Control Will Likely Rise After Uvalde. But History Suggests It Will Fade.

Law enforcement outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images After a racist shooting Earlier this month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and School shooting on Tuesday In Uvalde, Texas, guns have—once again—become a political issue dominating the headlines. Democrats have spent passionate requests for the government to regulate … Read more

Better Birth Control Hasn’t Made Abortion Obsolete

Better Birth Control Hasn’t Made Abortion Obsolete

GETTY IMAGES Has modern birth control made abortions a thing of the past? The lawyers for the state of Mississippi want to accuse the US Supreme Court of this. In a brief in the pending case that could overturn abortion rights nationwide, Mississippi attorneys wrote“[E]While abortion was once viewed critically as an alternative to contraception, … Read more

Biden urges gun control efforts on Parkland shooting anniversary

Biden urges gun control efforts on Parkland shooting anniversary

President Biden said Monday that Congress must act to help Americans “keep each other safe” on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which killed 14 students and three staff members. “On this difficult day, we mourn with the Parkland families whose lives were upended in … Read more

7 Phrases Emotionally Abusive Partners Use To Control Their Relationships

7 Phrases Emotionally Abusive Partners Use To Control Their Relationships

Look out for this toxic language from your partner. (Photo: Kathleen Finlay via Getty Images) There’s a subtlety to emotional abuse that makes it difficult to spot — not only for those looking in on the relationship from the outsidebut also potentially for the victims themselves. “Emotional abuse is insidious,” therapist Sharie Stineswho specializes in … Read more

An urban rat expert has a silver bullet for rodent control

An urban rat expert has a silver bullet for rodent control

Forget rat exterminators and expensive traps, says rodent expert Bobby Corrigan. His silver bullet for deterring rats involves some discipline and bleach. The big picture: Rats usually don’t return to places where they can’t find food. The trick is to keep alleyways, sidewalks, and homes clear of food scraps and messy garbage cans. Get market … Read more

Ottawa mayor: ‘Situation is completely out of control’

Ottawa mayor: ‘Situation is completely out of control’

Over the weekend, he released a statement marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, tweeted a happy birthday to his daughter and sent congratulatory messages to medal-winning Canadian Olympians. He didn’t mention Ottawa. “The situation at this point is completely out of control,” Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told the 580 CFRA radio station on Sunday. “The individuals … Read more

Trump told Giuliani to call the Department of Homeland Security to see if they could ‘take control of voting machines’: NYT report

Trump told Giuliani to call the Department of Homeland Security to see if they could ‘take control of voting machines’: NYT report

Former US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds in Florence, Arizona, on January 15, 2022.Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump played a role in plans for seizing voting machines in the 2020 election. Trump asked Rudy Giuliani to call … Read more

The 7 Senate Races That Will Likely Decide Control Of The Chamber

The 7 Senate Races That Will Likely Decide Control Of The Chamber

Senate Democrats have spent the past few months wrestling with President Biden’s social spending plan, voting rights legislation and the future of the filibuster. But now that 2022 has begun, they must now contend with the prospect of defending their exceedingly narrow majority in Congress’s upper chamber. Democrats control the bare minimum of 50 seats, … Read more