Cycles of Change

A researcher pulls three case files from different countries: a vehicle attack in Toronto in 2018, a knife attack in Sagamihara in 2016, and a mass stabbing in a Canadian city in 2023. No firearms. The perpetrator in each case left a digital trail identical in structure to every domestic gun event. [...]

A mother sits in her car in the school parking lot. It is Tuesday morning. She should be thinking about the grocery list or her afternoon meetings. Instead, she stares at the brick facade and feels nothing. The fear has gone quiet. What remains is heavier. The cycle has repeated so often her mind [...]