JoVona Taylor

I Was in High School When a Shooting Turned Me Into a Gun Violence Activist. Here’s What I Want the Walk-Out Kids to Know.

Commentary

I Was in High School When a Shooting Turned Me Into a Gun Violence Activist. Here’s What I Want the Walk-Out Kids to Know.

Nza-Ari Khepra, age 21, is already a veteran gun reform activist. She was 16 years old when her friend, Hadiya Pendleton, was shot and killed at a playground near their Chicago high school in 2013. Hadiya was an honor…

JoVona Taylor
They Lost Their Sons to Guns. These Are the Mementos They Can’t Bear to Throw Away.

In Memoriam

They Lost Their Sons to Guns. These Are the Mementos They Can’t Bear to Throw Away.

An Iraqi photographer captures the painful remnants of American gun violence.

JoVona Taylor
Black Women Are Far More Likely To Be Fatally Shot By a Man Than White Women

Domestic Violence

Black Women Are Far More Likely To Be Fatally Shot By a Man Than White Women

In a majority of cases, the killer is an intimate partner.

JoVona Taylor
Why Domestic Abusers Often Get to Keep Their Guns

Domestic Violence

Why Domestic Abusers Often Get to Keep Their Guns

Federal law bars convicted abusers from owning guns, but very few states enforce it.

JoVona Taylor
Donald Trump on 9 Key Gun Issues, in His Own Words

Politics

Donald Trump on 9 Key Gun Issues, in His Own Words

Direct quotes from the Republican nominee on gun control, the Second Amendment, and the NRA.

JoVona Taylor