Make no mistake about it, the shooting outside an Arizona grocery store last week that seriously injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, killed six people, and wounded 13 others was a horrible manifestation of the bitter and ugly political times we live in. As everyone knows by now, the assassination attempt by 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner […]

Hate speech permeates blogs, social networking sites, and discussion forums all over the world. Though inflammatory content may be protected as free speech by the U.S. Constitution, on the Internet it can have a greater potential to create a violent and fatal backlash.  Attacks on American soil are consistently linked to online hate speech: James […]

When Dick Gregory once decried “America’s habit of freaking out over bold acts of outrageous lawlessness,” he didn’t have to add as long as its white people that are committing those acts. He didn’t have to. We know Mr. Gregory. His omissions speak as loud as his words. And look at us now. We have […]

The big story right now is the murder of a federal judge, John Roll, and the attempted murder of Representative Giffords (D-AZ) by a deranged young man (the police have him in custody and are currently seeking a possible accomplice) at a mall in Tuscon. A number of other people were also killed and wounded […]

Below are some of the videos we were able to dig up on Jared Lee Loughner, who attempted to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona this weekend, while killing six in the process and injuring many others. RELATED: Arizona Shootings

Below is a gallery of the failed assassination attempt on the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which ended with six people killed and numerous others injured. RELATED: Arizona Shootings

Since President Obama was elected in 2008, the gun rhetoric we’ve seen pop up online in videos from Tea Party rallies and politicians revving up their base have been unmatched on an historical level. Yesterday, the comments of many Republican candidates at their rallies may have inspired Jared Loughner to nearly assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, […]