The “Incomprehensible” School Shooting in Uvalde Dan Solomon, Texas Monthly
A massacre in Uvalde, and the ‘numbing script’ of gun-violence coverage Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review
Even the Gun Industry Knew We Would End Up Here Ryan Busse, The Bulwark
Americans Aren’t Numb to Mass Shootings Alex Shephard, New Republic
Pessimism abounds as Senate confronts another tragic mass shooting Mike DeBonis, Washington Post
A teacher in Uvalde, Texas, describes ‘the longest 35 minutes of my life’ Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno, and Elliot Spagat, AP News
Texas officials investigating if police acted fast enough to stop shooter at Uvalde school Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman
The GOP’s Only Answer to School Shootings Didn’t Help in Uvalde Alex Yablon, Slate
Armed Law Enforcement Was on the Scene in Uvalde. They Just Didn’t Do Anything Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone
On 2nd anniversary of Floyd’s death, fading momentum for police reform Holly Bailey and Tess Allen, Washington Post
Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Minneapolis Is Still Struggling to Redefine Policing Josiah Bates and Janell Ross, Time Magazine
Los Angeles Democrats finally elected their first sheriff. Four years later, they have buyer’s remorse. Alexander Nieves and Lara Korte, Politico
The Great Erasure Charles M. Blow, New York Times
How Criminal-Justice Reform Fell Apart David A. Graham, The Atlantic
Blaming Chesa Boudin for Crime Is Empirically Wrong Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
The California crime discourse is all wrong Rachel Marshall, SFGate
Could this tough-on-crime billionaire be LA’s next mayor? Lois Beckett, The Guardian
A Punishment Profiteer Inquest
The 1990s Law That Keeps People in Prison on Technicalities Keri Blakinger and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
Daniel Taylor Was Innocent. He Spent Decades in Prison Trying to Fix the State’s Mistake. Steve Mills, ProPublica