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Jonathan M. Metzl

Jonathan M. Metzl is Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. His latest book is What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms.

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New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen may give the right—and its politics of racial resentment—a major win,  at the cost of gun control laws known to prevent shootings.

Jonathan M. Metzl

Trump is only the latest to exploit it. A new path forward must address the structures that sustain it.

Jonathan M. Metzl
State policies shaped by white supremacy increase mortality rates in much the same way as other manmade health risks, such as pollution.
Jonathan M. Metzl

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