The Stupefying Tally of American Gun Violence Thomas Fuller, New York Times
Seeing America, Again, in the Uvalde Elementary-School Shooting Jessica Winter, The New Yorker
21 killed at Uvalde elementary in Texas’ deadliest school shooting ever Sneha Dey, Texas Tribune
Remembering the victims of the Uvalde elementary school shooting Julie Moreno and Rebecca Salinas, KSAT
Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting Jim Vertuno and Heather Hollingsworth, AP News
The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Gun Control Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic
The Right Found a New Way to Not Talk About a School Shooting Saul Cornell, Slate
Top Texas Republicans resist gun control and push for more armed teachers and police at schools in wake of Uvalde shooting Joshua Fechter, Texas Tribune
Joe Manchin won’t budge on the Senate filibuster after at least 19 children were killed in a Texas school shooting Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Insider
Texas School Shooting Hangs Over Pending Supreme Court Gun Rights Ruling Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson, Bloomberg
The Supreme Court Is Enabling America’s Gun Dystopia Matt Ford, New Republic
Think Gun Laws Are Hard to Change? Try Gun Culture Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
The Danger of ‘Collective Illusions’ About Crime Daniel Pollack and Robert Reiser, The Crime Report
DA Kevin Hayden believes in criminal justice reform and public safety. What’s so bad about that? Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
Biden Set to Issue Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd Killing Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Charlie Savage, New York Times
Justice Dept. Orders Agents to Intervene if They See Police Violence Glenn Thrush, New York Times
‘Defund the Police’ Is Dead But Other Reform Efforts Thrive In US Cities Steve Friess, Newsweek
Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask Jim Salter, AP News
Here Are the New NYPD Gun Units’ Trainees. Many Have Histories of Excessive Force Complaints. Chris Gelardi, New York Focus
NYC Jail Officials Avert a Federal Takeover of Rikers Island Jonah E. Bromwich and Jan Ransom, New York Times
How Rikers Island Made New York Alana Mohamed, Hell Gate