Orlando

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• 6-23-16
  

  The Echoes of Nazism in Orlando

  by Jim Downs

  Gay people have had to live with the memory of Nazi persecution. Orlando revives the memory.

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• 6-26-16
  

  Why Do Humans Commit Extraordinary Evil?

  by Guenter Lewy

  In the wake of Orlando this remains a key question.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  6-19-16
  

  The Deadliest Attack on Gays Before Orlando Was Treated Like a Joke

  The 1973 arson of the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans was the deadliest day for LGBT people in America until the massacre at Pulse.

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• SOURCE: The History Reader
  6-16-16
  

  The son of an immigrant resorts to terrorism. It happened a century ago.

  by Michael Wolraich

  And just like now the incident led to calls for a ban on certain immigrants.

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• SOURCE: AP
  6-15-16
  

  How does Orlando massacre fit in US history?

  Mass violence has "a long, ugly history" in America, said Katherine Grandjean, history professor at Wellesley College. "It's a pattern as old as the nation and goes back long before even into the colonial roots."

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• SOURCE: Slate
  6-14-16
  

  Manisha Sinha says gun control advocates can learn plenty from Abolitionists

  Like abolitionists, gun control advocates should pick concrete fights they can win, she says in an interview.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6-15-16
  

  Was Orlando the Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History?

  And even if it is, does that title matter?

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• SOURCE: The Boston Globe
  6-15-16
  

  Garry Wills says we won’t do anything about guns for one simple reason

  by Garry Wills

  We are captive to the gun

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• SOURCE: The San Fransisco Chronicle
  6-14-16
  

  A problematic diversity of views after Orlando shootings

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  The Orlando mass shooting poses uncomfortable issues for both liberals and conservatives.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-13-16
  

  A Brief History of Attacks at Gay and Lesbian Bars

  The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is no stranger to violence.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-13-16
  

  Orlando and the History of Anti-Gay Violence

  by Jim Downs

  Sunday was far from the first time mass murder was visited on America’s LGBT community.

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• SOURCE: Commentary
  6-13-16
  

  A New Way Forward After Orlando

  by Max Boot

  The way to finally defeat ISIS is not simply by dropping more bombs is to woo Sunnis in Syria and Iraq away from ISIS by offering them a political end-state they can support.

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• 3/3/18 (originally published in 2013)
  

  The Deadliest Mass Killings in American History by a Lone Shooter

  There are now so many it's hard to keep track.