America Is No Longer Gun-Shy About Gun Control

Even If Congress Hasn’t Really Tightened Federal Firearm Laws, the NRA Has Lost Its Chokehold on the Debate

When President Barack Obama announced he would not campaign for or endorse any candidate that doesn’t support stricter gun laws, it was another marker in a sea change in the discourse over guns in America.

Even in the absence of significant new federal legislation, the gun debate has been transformed since Newtown—and Aurora. And Tucson. And Chattanooga. And Fort Hood. And Charleston. And San Bernardino. And … the list goes on, tragically. Together, these mass shootings have brought so much public attention to gun policy and gun violence that the …

By Adam Winkler | January 25, 2016

Affordable Housing Is Now a Middle-Class Crisis in California

The Golden State Faces a Massive Shortage of Residential Real Estate. So Why Aren’t Builders Building?

By Christopher Thornberg | January 20, 2016

California has a housing crisis.

This probably doesn’t sound like news given the recent publicity about disputes over homelessness, rapidly rising rents, and gentrification—and the flurry of policy proposals for …

Obsessing About Terrorism Is Bad for Your Mental Health

Constant Media-Induced Anxiety Can Inflict Psychological Harm

By David Eisenman | January 7, 2016

My patient, Anna, is an African-American woman in her 60s living alone in Los Angeles. She has a progressive arthritis and she walks slowly with the aid of a …

How Big Data Replaced Don Draper

New Analytical Tools Are Making Ads More Effective—and Invasive—Than Ever

By Dominique Hanssens | December 9, 2015

In the 1970s, I took a careful look at Oreos. Not the cookies themselves, mind you, but the way they were sold; I was an econometrics student at the University …

When Muslims Admired the West and Were Admired Back

Lessons on Coexistence from Jane Austen's London

By Nile Green | December 7, 2015

Is it right to talk about friendship in a time of hatred? More specifically, is it right to consider Muslim affection for the West when, from London to Boston …

Copying Was Once an Art Form

Technology Has Made Replication Easier, More Accurate, and Less Personal

By Matthew Fisher | December 1, 2015

Copying and syncing digital files is easy now—perhaps too easy. A mere $10 a month buys you identical copies of a digital song on every device and computer you …

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America Is No Longer Gun-Shy About Gun Control

Even If Congress Hasn’t Really Tightened Federal Firearm Laws, the NRA Has Lost Its Chokehold on the Debate

Affordable Housing Is Now a Middle-Class Crisis in California

The Golden State Faces a Massive Shortage of Residential Real Estate. So Why Aren’t Builders Building?

Obsessing About Terrorism Is Bad for Your Mental Health

Constant Media-Induced Anxiety Can Inflict Psychological Harm

How Big Data Replaced Don Draper

New Analytical Tools Are Making Ads More Effective—and Invasive—Than Ever

When Muslims Admired the West and Were Admired Back

Lessons on Coexistence from Jane Austen's London

Copying Was Once an Art Form

Technology Has Made Replication Easier, More Accurate, and Less Personal

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How the NRA Made Florida the “Gunshine State”

Decades Before the Orlando Shooting, Lobbyists in the State Helped Redefine Americans’ Constitutional Right to Bear Arms

The Great Australian Gun Buyback

What Happened After a Mass Shooting Transformed National Policy

Why Hawai‘i Has America’s Lowest Rates of Gun Violence

It’s a Combination of Relative Prosperity, Isolation, Unique Culture—and Tough Laws

How I Made Guns a Women’s Issue

Betty Friedan and Pink Handguns Mobilized Angelenos—and Me—Against Violence

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