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Mel Foster places her pistol into her holster at the Women's Shooting Club at the Tombstone Gun Range on April, 11, 2021. Before joining the group, Foster had taken a couple of home defense classes. Foster has been taking classes for several years and is a concealed carry license holder.

‘More American:’ Minority Communities and Gun Ownership

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
A #Blackgunsmatter banner hangs in one of the booths at the Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show on April 10 and 11, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. “I would tell Black people who are considering getting a gun to do your research to talk to people you trust people who know something about guns. Go to the gun range. Find something that fits you to for it and don’t be afraid of it,” Marc Ford, a Black gun owner, said.

‘Black guns matter’

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
Rodney Cavitt, of Carbondale, holds a candle and a photo of Xe’Quan Campbell on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, alongside Freeman Street in Carbondale at the Vigil for Xe’Quan Campbell and Keon Cooper.

The Revolving door of gun control

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 12, 2021
Demonstrators hold up a rainbow flag as they march outside of the White House during the Equality March for Unity & Pride parade in Washington D.C., June 11, 2017.

Biden admin reinstates health care protections for trans people, here’s what changed:

By Bailey Aldridge, The News & Observer, Tribune Content Agency
May 10, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump spoke with the family of George Floyd at a news conference held after the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Floyd family says push for policing change cannot end after verdict

By Jessie, Van Berkel Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
April 20, 2021
The Biden administration announces a round of executive actions on gun control

The Biden administration announces a round of executive actions on gun control

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2021
President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administration's COVID-19 response with Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

Biden highlights gender equality, campus sex misconduct rules on International Women’s Day

By Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, Tribune Content Agency
March 8, 2021
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee on the the January 6th Insurrection, domestic terrorism and other threats,Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

FBI director says Capitol riot was ‘domestic terrorism’

By Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Content Agency
March 2, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

‘We must get to the truth:’ Pelosi announces 9/11-style commission to probe Capitol attack

By Dave Goldiner and Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, Tribune Content Agency
February 15, 2021
President Donald J. Trump addresses the crowd during the Murphysboro campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Southern Illinois Airport. (Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE)

First day of second Trump impeachment trial will decide constitutionality of trying a former president

By Lindsey McPherson, CQ-Roll Call, Tribune Content Agency
February 9, 2021
Francisca Lino prays with supporters outside the Adalberto Memorial United Methodist Church, 2716 W. Division St., before heading home to Romeoville on Jan. 23, 2021, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Woman who lived at Chicago church for over 3 years goes home after Biden administration suspends deportations

By Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
January 26, 2021
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks while flanked by vice presidential nominee, Sen. Kamala Harris (D- California), at The Queen theater on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden attended internal meetings with staff as votes are still being counted in his tight race against incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump, which remains too close to call.

GAU President calls Biden debt cancellation plan “drop in the bucket”

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
January 24, 2021
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