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US gun violence in 2018: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Danielle Douez, Associate Editor, Politics + Society
Candlelight vigil at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, The Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018.

In 2018, the media covered a number of mass shootings that continue to draw the public’s attention to the...

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