Mary Gay Scanlon: “It is time for our collective outrage to drive commonsense gun legislation and for that legislation to become law.”

If we’re going to make a permanent change that affects every American, we should follow the science and prioritize Americans’ health, particularly that of the children.

So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.

It’s inhumane. It’s traumatizing, and it’s particularly grotesque because this is then being done so private prison companies can make more profit.

We all enjoy the extra hour or so of sunlight in the summer, but when people are considering this, they need to consider the extra hours of darkness in the winter.