When Violence is Inevitable: Club Q and the Success of the System
Thirty people in a queer club were shot with an AR-15 by a man with…
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Colorado Springs Massacre Captures the Christian Nationalist ‘Monster In The Mirror’
Sometimes, the scholarly life means taking delight in unexpectedly relevant news items: a new adaptation…
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What the Hell is Wrong With Us? A Muslim Response to America’s Failure to Change
More times than I can remember, I’ve had to ascend the minbar and address a…
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Who’s Really Politicizing School Shootings?
You know it’s coming. Every time a mass shooting captures the American public’s consciousness, leading…
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Navy Yard Shooting: Why It’s Not a Religion Story
What seemed to propel the confusion saturating the media’s initial coverage of Aaron Alexis was the role of religion and, more specifically, the profile on Buddhists. Why would a reporter expect a person of another religion to “pick up a weapon and kill twelve people,” but not a Buddhist?
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