Author: Travis Kelly

If you are frustrated, depressed or angry at the ass-backward triumph of Trump, it’s time to get out of your funk by doing something. Signing another lame online petition before anaesthetizing with Netflix, Hulu or YouTube isn’t going to cut it. In the words of famed 20th-century activist and songwriter Joe Hill, “Don’t waste any...

MASS SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA HAVE BECOME SO COMMONPLACE THAT IT’S ALMOST NEWS WHEN WE GO A WEEK WITHOUT ONE. THE SHOCK VALUE DECLINES WITH EACH NEW EPISODE IN THIS BLOODY MINISERIES—UNTIL THE RECORD FOR NUMBER OF DEAD IS BROKEN YET AGAIN.   In 2012 the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (27...

IN THE WAKE OF 9/11, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DOLED OUT BILLIONS TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND “JUSTIFIABLE SHOOTINGS” HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE EVER SINCE. HUSTLER EXAMINES THIS NATIONAL EPIDEMIC OF FATALITIES WITH AN EYE TOWARD PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.   A scourge of questionable police shootings has afflicted our nation, leading to widespread protests...