He Did Not Act Alone Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones
How the Far Right Took Control of Texas’ Response to Mass Shootings Eleanor Klibanoff, The Trace
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro, AP News
A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved. Megan O’Matz, ProPublica
At NRA Convention, the Blame Is on ‘Evil,’ Not Guns Glenn Thrush, New York Times
Texas already “hardened” schools. It didn’t save Uvalde. Jolie McCullough and Kate McGee, Texas Tribune
78 Long Minutes Keith Collins, Albert Sun, Eleanor Lutz, and Larry Buchanan, New York Times
‘Wrong decision’: Police should have confronted Texas school gunman sooner, official says Jeanine Santucci and Ryan W. Miller, USA Today
Justice Department to review police response to Uvalde school shooting Paula Reid, CNN
Even in This Tragic Week, George Floyd Is Still Making a Difference Maya Wiley, New Republic
Biden’s police reform agenda in limbo two years after George Floyd’s murder James Politi and Stefania Palma, Financial Times
We’re Living Through the Backlash Noah Y. Kim, Mother Jones
“Doubling Down”: How Minneapolis Elites Worked to Stop Police Reform After George Floyd’s Murder Democracy Now!
The LA County Sheriff’s Deputy-Gang Crisis Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker
From more cops to defund: Candidates for LA mayor differ on crime and policing James Queally, Los Angeles Times
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Prosecutor’: Portland DA Seeks to Revive Broken Windows-Era Program Alex Zielinski, Bolts Magazine
His Clients Were Acquitted of Murder. Why Did They Get Life Sentences? Paul Kix, The Atlantic
‘Always a possibility of change’: incarcerated teens seek justice as adults David Smith, The Guardian
‘Since I Been Down’ Review: Crime and Punishment Lisa Kennedy, New York Times