Alex Yablon
Slate
New York, United States
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The GOP’s Only Answer to School Shootings Didn’t Help in Uvalde
It’s not like potential good guys with guns were thin on the ground in Uvalde. → Read More
Democrats Are at War Over Joe Biden’s Agenda. Here’s One Big Idea That Could Save It.
Progressives want to spend more on climate. Moderates want to spend less on everything. There’s a smart way both sides can win. → Read More
America Keeps Getting Mass Shooters’ “Motives” Wrong
And the motives don’t matter. → Read More
Banks Are Greenwashing Themselves. Don’t Believe It.
Many financial institutions market themselves as sustainable, but their portfolios say otherwise. → Read More
Years of Political Violence Are Coming to America
Trump’s calls for political violence are a familiar far-right strategy. → Read More
COVID Didn’t Destroy New York City. Austerity Just Might.
The state’s power brokers are so afraid of the impoverished 1970s that they’re inadvertently bringing them back. → Read More
Is Black Lives Matter Really Causing a Police Shortage?
Police unions are pushing a narrative that protests are driving mass retirements. That's not true. → Read More
Get Ready for a Feeding Frenzy Over the NRA’s Corpse
The lawsuit seeking to dissolve the NRA will also have to anoint its successor. → Read More
The Suburbs Aren’t Scared of Criminal Justice Reform
Why progressive prosecutors swept northern Virginia elections last year. → Read More
Potential Gun Trafficking Hubs Revealed in ATF Data
A new Trace analysis shows states with the highest share of crime guns used less than a year after purchase. → Read More
Californians Are More Likely to Store Their Guns Safely
A new survey finds that California gun owners are only half as likely to store their firearms loaded and unlocked as the average American gun owner. → Read More
Texans Are More Supportive of Gun Reform Than You Might Think
But public sentiment has rarely translated into action in a state where Republicans dominate. → Read More
NRA Reformers Confront a Board Built to Protect the Boss
Roughly two dozen members of the National Rifle Association’s board of directors are said to be unflinchingly loyal to Wayne LaPierre, and the group’s bylaws make it difficult for dissenters to win seats. → Read More
More NRA Donors Publicly Join Financial Revolt Against LaPierre
Dissenters continue to fear reprisals, but there are glimmers of momentum for an internal campaign to withhold contributions to the gun group. → Read More
Court Docs Allege Wayne LaPierre Sought to Block Internal Probe of NRA Spending
A countersuit by ousted NRA president Oliver North points to the gun group leader’s “total dictatorial control over the NRA.” → Read More
Border Officials Seized a Record Number of Illegal Machine Gun Kits in 2018
The devices turn semi-automatic pistols into illegal machine guns, and their appearance in the U.S. has spiked since 2016, according to government data. → Read More
Amid National Controversy, the NRA Still Notched a Number of Statewide Victories This Year
The pre-eminent gun rights organization is mired in scandal, but its political influence across the United States remains vast. → Read More
Virginia Has Resisted A Ban On High-Capacity Magazines, But Data Suggests A Federal Version Was Effective
When the 10-year ban was in place, Virginia cops saw as much as a 52-percent decline in accessory seizures. → Read More
One State’s Plan to Make Violent White Supremacy Grounds for Gun Removal
An amendment to Washington’s red flag law aims to broaden the scope of the state's tool for civil gun seizure. → Read More
Here’s What Investigations Into The NRA’s Nonprofit Status Could Mean
A loss of the organization’s tax-exempt status is not the only possibility — nor even the most devastating. → Read More