Our democracy is a beacon around the world because we effect change through voting—not violence. That’s as true today as when I spoke to Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie in 2010.

On November 6, we must stand up to hateful rhetoric. Please make a plan to vote: vote.org

Medical and public health professionals are at the front lines of America’s gun violence epidemic. Today, we are proud to stand together to say that saving lives is never a partisan issue. Our new effort will make clear that we must give CDC the money to dig into this problem and provide the scientific research that will inform what we can do to prevent more people from ever being victims of gun violence in the first place.