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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JONATHAN M. METZL

Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II professor of sociology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and director of its Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. He is the author of several books and a prominent expert on gun violence and mental illness. He hails from Kansas City, Missouri, and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Real Time with Bill Maher

Jonathan Metzl: Dying of Whiteness

MORNING JOE: "Dying of Whiteness" looks at heartland Trump voters

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Jonathan Metzl discusses "Dying of Whiteness" on CNN

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What's behind Montana's suicide epidemic?

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An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi

Watching Dr. Jonathan Metzl on Racial Resentment and Impact on Public Health

TODAY.com: They survived the parade shooting. What do they tell their kids now? (July 7, 2022)

They survived the parade shooting. What do they tell their kids now?

KCRW To the Point with Warren Olney: SCOTUS strikes down concealed-carry law. Is gun control in danger? (July 7, 2022)

KCRW To the Point with Warren Olney

SCOTUS strikes down concealed-carry law. Is gun control in danger?

NBCLX: Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis (July 6, 2022)

Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis

Politicology podcast: ENCORE: Our Own Worst Enemy – Part 1 (July 6, 2022)

Politicology podcast

ENCORE: Our Own Worst Enemy – Part 1

USA Today: Highland Park parade shooting live updates: Gunman fired 70 rounds, planned assault for weeks, police say; seventh victim dies (July 5, 2022)

USA Today

Highland Park parade shooting live updates: Gunman fired 70 rounds, planned assault for weeks, police say; seventh victim dies

Oprah Daily: The Second Amendment Enshrines Anti-Blackness, Argues Writer and Legal Scholar Carol Anderson (July 5, 2022)

The Second Amendment Enshrines Anti-Blackness, Argues Writer and Legal Scholar Carol Anderson

* The Washington Post: Opinion | ‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people (June 29, 2022)

The Washington Post

Opinion | ‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people (June 29, 2022)

Peacock: Supreme Court’s History of Gutting Voting Rights (June 29, 2022)

Supreme Court’s History of Gutting Voting Rights

MSNBC: Supreme Court strikes down NY State Concealed Gun law (June 26, 2022)

MSNBC

Supreme Court strikes down NY State Concealed Gun law

Insider: Many Americans are living with 'larger psychic trauma' from the wave of mass shootings — creating increased anxiety and false panic in public spaces, expert says (June 23, 2022)

Many Americans are living with 'larger psychic trauma' from the wave of mass shootings — creating increased anxiety and false panic in public spaces, expert says

ABC News Live: Congress passes sweeping gun control package, heads to the Senate (June 10, 2022)

Congress passes sweeping gun control package, heads to the Senate

* ABC News Live: Testimonies from gun violence survivors hope to sway lawmakers (June 9, 2022)

Testimonies from gun violence survivors hope to sway lawmakers

ABC News Live: Psychiatrist discusses deadly gun violence (June 7, 2022)

Psychiatrist discusses deadly gun violence

CNN Newsroom: Dr. Jonathan Metzl on Gun Violence (June 3, 2022)

Dr. Jonathan Metzl on Gun Violence

The Washington Post: Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex (June 3, 2022)

The Washington Post

Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex

The Washington Post: Ruger shareholders push for study of gunmaker’s human rights impact (June 2, 2022)

The Washington Post

Ruger shareholders push for study of gunmaker’s human rights impact

NBC News Now: Biden: Make gun control “central to your vote” (June 2, 2022)

Biden: Make gun control “central to your vote”

Boston Globe: What drives mass shooters? Grievance, despair, and anger are more likely triggers than mental illness, experts say. (June 3, 2022)

What drives mass shooters? Grievance, despair, and anger are more likely triggers than mental illness, experts say.

Voice of America: Biden Implores Congress to Approve New 'Common-Sense' Gun Restrictions (June 2, 2022)

Voice of America

Biden Implores Congress to Approve New 'Common-Sense' Gun Restrictions

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