Wilson Hammett

Wrote about some of my recent work for @rockefellerinst.bsky.social!

This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

The overlooked role of the home in mass shooting fatalities - Injury Epidemiology Background Prevention efforts for mass shooting fatalities often focus on public events, overlooking where most fatalities occur. This study analyzes a comprehensive database to better inform preventi...

Wrote about what we miss when we don’t factor the home into conversations about mass shootings injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Emergency mobilization Release Mahmoud Khalil Hands off our students ICE off our campuses Mon. Mar 10, 4 pm Jacob K Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza, NYC Sponsoring organizations: Shut it down for Palestine coalition, Palestinian Youth Movement, the people’s forum, ANSWER coalition, artists against the war on Gaza, Party for Socialism and Liberation

NYC - emergency mobilization to free Mahmoud Khalil tomorrow

However much you hate the New York Times, it isn't enough

Republican Trifecta Puts Fringe Gun Bills Within Reach A Trace analysis found that congressional GOP lawmakers have introduced more than two dozen gun bills this year.

So far in 2025, House and Senate Republicans have introduced at least 26 bills aimed at loosening federal gun laws, according to a Trace analysis. In prior years, this would have been a herculean task. But with GOP-dominated Washington, it seems possible.

Trump’s Opening Salvo Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 02/11/2025 · 57m

This week’s episode is a recap of the legal implications of Trump’s opening weeks, and some pondering of the question: is it a constitutional crisis?

How are we still getting stories like this
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RFK, Health Capitalism, and the Myths of Wellness This episode was originally released for patrons on November 18th, 2024 and we're unlocking it today with a new introduction in response to this week's RFK confirmation hearings in the Senate. To supp

In today’s episode, we discuss RFK’s nomination to lead HHS and how the “MAHA” movement embraces the exploitation of health under capitalism while abandoning the sick

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RFK Jr. Hearings Here are your cliff notes and what's next

Excellent review of why this man is so deeply dangerous to our health open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Of the 3,782 children with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in this dataset, 176 were ever prescribed puberty blockers and 302 ever got hormones.

YET ANOTHER STUDY shows that a tiny number of children are diagnosed with gender dysphoria and an even tinier fraction receive puberty blockers or hormones.

Anyone still pretending there is a "debate" about this is willfully ignoring all of the available data.
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🚨BREAKING🚨

The Fifth Circuit just ruled that the federal ban on federally licensed firearm dealers selling handguns to individuals under 21 is unconstitutional.

This dangerous decision will put more guns in the hands of teenagers—endangering lives.

We are ready to fight back.

What We Learned From Analyzing 10 Years of Shooting Data A Trace series challenges what many people might think about gun violence in America. Here are the highlights.

In our series “A Decade of American Gun Violence,” we found a hidden toll of shootings in rural areas, near schools, and on the road.

Here are some of the biggest takeaways: