Massachusetts and Puerto Rico are joining four northeastern states in the “States for Gun Safety” coalition, which expands on the federal background check system by creating a multi-state gun database, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D) told ThinkProgress on Sunday. Delaware is interested in joining, but hasn’t yet officially. The governor has also reached out to governors […]
In the wake of the Parkland shooting and under pressure from anti-gun activists and some of the most impressive teenagers America has seen in quite some time, a number of companies have been publicly severing their ties with the National Rifle Association. One company however, has stuck with the NRA for three decades: ad agency […]
In the wake of the Parkland shooting and under pressure from anti-gun activists and some of the most impressive teenagers America has seen in quite some time, a number of companies have been publicly severing their ties with the National Rifle Association. One company however, has stuck with the NRA for three decades: ad agency […]
A Republican Congressman scoffed on Sunday at proposals popular with Americans that would strengthen background check system for purchasing guns, calling such moves little more than “putting lipstick on a pig.” Representative Tom Massie (R-KY) seemed to suggest that the entire background check system was pointless. “I wish that background checks stopped criminals or stopped […]
The State Department has “been ordered to pare back passages in a soon-to-be-released annual report on global human rights that traditionally discuss women’s reproductive rights and discrimination,” Politico reported earlier this week. This change is likely to have a devastating impact on many foreign nationals seeking asylum in the United States after facing persecution, or even […]
A prominent hearing aid company said Saturday it would be ending its relationship with the NRA. Minnesota-based Starkey Hearing said on Twitter that it will not renew its discount program with the gun lobby. Since at least 2007, the company has partnered with the NRA to offer discounted hearing aids and “free consultations” for its members. A representative […]
With the NRA continuing to watch its corporate support crumble, it is struggling to provide responses to basic facts about the links between mass shootings and high-powered rifles. The latest round of obfuscation came Sunday, when NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch tangled with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. In her appearance, Loesch repeatedly danced around Stephanopoulos’s point that, […]
Four years ago, American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy dreamed of finishing a medal-clinching run in the slopestyle event at the Olympics, and then kissing his boyfriend at the bottom of the mountain to celebrate. He was able to clinch a silver medal in Sochi, but there was no kiss. At the time, he wasn’t out […]
It was a sleepy Saturday afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) until writer Mona Charen took the stage. The panel — called “#UsToo: Left out by the Left” — was set to be a conversation about feminism and conservatism. Moderator Marji Ross asked the panelists what aspects of modern feminism make their blood boil. […]