"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
Most diseases that are killing Americans are preventable, says Gary Bennett. We’d save lives and dollars if we spent more on prevention and less on medical fixes.
Ph.D. student Isak Tranvik is spending the summer at a shelter for migrants either trying to cross the border or deportees recently expelled from the United States. There he met “James,” who put a human face on the risks that migrants face trying to reach the U.S.
From Sept. 21-24, Duke and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) will jointly host a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus that will be open to the public. In the time leading up to that event, some of the political cartoonists who will attend the festival have graciously agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. We start today with a cartoon from Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher, a political cartoonist for The Economist and the Baltimore Sun who uses the pen name KAL.
Gun Control
Philip Cook on gun violence
Gun Control
The problem with trying to solve gun violence by going after the mentally ill
"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
The Washington Post
Health Care
More Sidewalks, Fewer Pills
Most diseases that are killing Americans are preventable, says Gary Bennett. We’d save lives and dollars if we spent more on prevention and less on medical fixes.
John Graham on business spending amidst political uncertainty
Military Strategy
The bloody toll of non-intervention
Foreign Policy
Immigration
‘Life is hard’ for immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border
Ph.D. student Isak Tranvik is spending the summer at a shelter for migrants either trying to cross the border or deportees recently expelled from the United States. There he met “James,” who put a human face on the risks that migrants face trying to reach the U.S.
Bill Boulding on the power of business for social change
Capital Punishment
Former N.C. chief justice’s change of heart on the death penalty
NC Policy Watch
Political Satire
Political cartoon festival coming to Duke
From Sept. 21-24, Duke and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) will jointly host a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus that will be open to the public. In the time leading up to that event, some of the political cartoonists who will attend the festival have graciously agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. We start today with a cartoon from Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher, a political cartoonist for The Economist and the Baltimore Sun who uses the pen name KAL.
Amy Laura Hall on how current events can impact young people