California's mass shootings expose society's deadliest cultural obsession

... [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Jan. 24, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [California's mass shootings expose society's deadliest cultural obsession]( by Tiffany C. Li Lunar New Year should be a time of celebration for Asians around the world. This year it turned into a tragedy after a mass shooting took place Saturday night in Monterey Park, a strongly Asian American community in Los Angeles County, California. A gunman shot dozens of people in a ballroom on the eve of the New Year after a day of festivals, killing 11 and injuring others, before he later died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Then Monday night, another tragedy happened in Half Moon Bay, California, where at least seven people were fatally shot. These latest mass shooting are a stark reminder of the real consequences of America's gun crisis. Even though the motive behind the Monterey Park shooting does not so far appear to be racism, the tragedy compounds the trauma Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have faced during these last few years of rising anti-Asian sentiment, spurred by the previous president's anti-Asian rhetoric during the early days of the pandemic. This is a preview of Tiffany C. Li's latest article. [Read their full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [ZEESHAN ALEEM]( [Ron DeSantis is blocking an AP African American studies course. It's worse than you think.]( The right claims to care about free thought, yet they love extinguishing it. [Read more.]( [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Georgia grand jury report could give clues to Trump’s legal fate]( A judge will consider Tuesday whether to release the special grand jury report from Fulton County. The results could be illuminating. [Read more.]( [ASHA RANGAPPA]( [Why Trump is 'protected' in classified docs scandal in a way Biden is not]( The court of public opinion may end up being a bigger obstacle for President Biden than a court of law. Read more.]( [HAYES BROWN]( [M&Ms' spokescandy stunt is manufactured outrage at its worst]( Tucker Carlson hasn't bagged an M&M's kill quite yet. [Read more.](//link.msnbc.com/click/30340455.95533/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9iYW5uaW5nLXRpa3Rvay1ub3QtZ29vZC11c2UtYmlkZW4tcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aW1lLXJjbmE2MzczMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIzMDEyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bf142d739 TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE]( [Video shows 26-year-old hero Brandon Tsay disarming Monterey Park shooting suspect]( [RACHEL MADDOW]( [At least 7 dead in Half Moon Bay, California, shootings; suspect in custody]( [THE LAST WORD]( [Exclusive: Rep. Ruben Gallego on why he's challenging Sen. Kyrsten Sinema]( [THE LAST WORD]( [Reps. Schiff, Omar and Swalwell discuss McCarthy's vow to keep them off House committees](     MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text]   On Sunday, Feb. 5, MSNBC Films presents "Guerrilla Habeas," the latest installment of the documentary series "The Turning Point." The film offers an intimate look at immigrants in the U.S. threatened by deportation and the determined lawyers who stop at nothing to keep those families together. Watch "Guerrilla Habeas" Sunday, Feb. 5 at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock.   Last year's Super Bowl featured a who's who of celebrities hawking crypto currency and crypto platforms like FTX. In retrospect, that looks like the boom before the bust. This year, crypto prices have tumbled and one of the most valued exchanges, FTX, collapsed in a cloud of alleged fraud and federal indictments. So is it all a scam? A pyramid scheme? Will crypto endure? Our guest this week thinks it will, but says accused fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried has shown the world just how risky the market can be for new users. It remains unclear if FTX customers will ever get their money back or if crypto can ever be seen more broadly as a trustworthy store of value. Tonya Evans is a tenured full professor at Penn State Dickinson Law School whose work focuses on the legal, regulatory, policy and economic justice implications of new technologies and innovation. She also hosts a weekly podcast called "Tech Intersect," all about the intersection of law, business and tech. Evans joins [WITHpod]( to discuss why, in her view, the collapse of FTX isn't a crypto problem, rather a fraud problem, what the future of regulation in the space could look like and more.     [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)