Help keep Salon independent

Topic: gun background checks

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file photo, a marijuana plant awaits judging in the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in Salem, Ore. (AP)

Guns versus weed

Travis Dunn - WhoWhatWhy
(Shutterstock)

Gun control support hits a high

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Students spark a national movement

Charlie May
(Reuters/George Frey)

Apocalypse now

Angelo Young
Advertisement:
(AP/Carolyn Kaster/Rick Bowmer/Photo montage by Salon)

This is how you beat Ted Cruz

Amanda Marcotte
Advertisement: