House Democrats had vowed not to go on break until they could vote on a gun bill. They continued for a while, even after the House voted to break until July 5, and pledged more protest when Congress resumed.
US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on a year of gun violence
New information suggests that Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Orlando nightclub shooting, was on a terrorist watch list. And also that his wife tried to talk him out of his attack — but never notified law enforcement.
Two violent men, two symptoms of the same sickness
We now know that many boys who descend on people with guns are motivated by fears that they are perceived as homosexual and that attacking suspected or known homosexuals is a way for boys to demonstrate heterosexuality to their peers.
Reaction to the tragedy in Orlando could be seen far and wide as mourning turned to outrage and then to a global standing in solidarity with the victims. Here is how several cartoonists reacted to the worst mass shooting in modern US history.
