My sister was a victim of one of them
America has more mass shootings than any other democratized country not at war, Joan Peterson writes. People who have suffered from gun violence feel the pain of this fact more than anyone. Peterson's sister was shot to death 20 years ago over a contentious divorce. That's why Peterson argues for universal background checks.
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I can't stop thinking about a gun control answer
Derick White argues universal background checks are something that should be done--and should have been done a while ago--but there are some fundamental questions people are not asking. How much governmental control are we as Americans willing to accept for the safety of our society? And how much would gun control laws impact or change the way people behave? Or would they simply create a whole new set of problems?
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The deep sting of loneliness
The Reporters Inc.'s Mark Saxenemeyer has started taking his admirer's phone calls again. Not all of nine or twelve them, but at least one a week. "When you're lonely, you just want someone to listen," Saxenmeyer writes. "When you're lonely, you simply need to be heard."
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Father shares daily anguish, frustration over son's disappearance
In the fall of 2006, Jesse Opie Ross travelled to Chicago, from his home in Belton, Missouri. He was a 19-year-old college student attending a Model UN conference with classmates from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). On the afternoon of November 21, his parents received a call from one of his sponsors saying Jesse was nowhere to be found. He had literally vanished. The Reporters Inc. offers exclusive excerpts from a new book by Jesse's father, Donald Ross: Where's Opie? Life Goes On.
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So much to discover, even in the alley
The Reporters Inc.'s Mark Saxenmeyer ponders the "journalistic mysteries" that remain untold, including the stories he sees as he looks into his back alley.
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