Has the Haitian government failed to protect its own people from forced evictions and violence?
As the justice department seizes AP's phone records, we discuss the aggressive pursuit of whistleblowers in the US.
Are cancer, birth defects, and diseases the lasting legacy of US weapons use on the Puerto Rican island?
We look at why single parents fare worse in the United States than in other similarly industrialised nations.
Why are so many in the US military having to endure the misery of sexual assault?
What does one death row inmate's execution, halted at the last minute, reveal about capital punishment in the US?
We look at how Congress actions to rectify the fiscal situation are creating a larger social affliction.
We examine the implications of nominating the Chicago billionaire as US secretary of commerce.
We discuss whose interests the powerful US lobby is actually representing as the gun control debate rages on.
Are indigenous racial sensitivities treated differently from other ethnic groups in the US?
Guns, Culture and Crime in the US
What fuels the love for guns in the US?
We examine the history of gun ownership in a country where there are almost as many guns as there are people.
01 Feb 2013 15:30 GMT
Opinion: Guns, culture and common sense
Will US change its gun laws?
Why do Americans love guns?
Inside Story Americas01 Feb 2013 20:03 GMT
Are the American people as divided over the issue of gun control as their politicians?
Inside Story Americas02 Feb 2013 09:35 GMT
We travel to Baltimore to meet those trying to stop gun crime and others who say owning a gun is a matter of survival.

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