'A direct attack on science': Trump's return is rattling gun violence researchers

The bald blow that Trump and Musk are making on the US state apparatus could hardly be greater. This is particularly difficult to follow in the field of science. Researchers fear that this could cost lives. By J.Schmitt and V. Gantenberg.

The Return of the Handgun Ban

Through executive orders, the Trump administration has stripped billions of dollars from research institutions and universities.

'A direct attack on science': Trump's return is rattling gun violence researchers

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI // AFP via Getty Images ‘A direct attack on science’: Trump’s return is rattling gun violence researchers In November 2024, as he awaited the fallout from the presidential election results, Dr. Garen Wintemute gathered a group of his colleagues at UC Davis to plan how they would download the thousands of files of federal gun violence data they rely on. Their actions would turn out to be one of the first of many steps taken by …

Change the Ref Creates ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Toilet Paper to Fight Inaction on Gun Violence

The latest campaign from Change the Ref—founded by Manuel and Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Parkland mass shooting—comes in toilet paper form. The work illustrates how effective politicians' "thoughts and prayers" are when another gun-related tragedy takes place. A website touts the product as "the number-one choice in the nation that's