mass shootings

Photo credit: Image by Stacey Kennedy from Pixabay – Graduation is a big milestone that can come with grief for some communities.

Education, Schools

60 Sandy Hook survivors graduate high school, sharing complex feelings about the milestone

Annie Reneau

6/13/2024
Homeowners celebrate the completion of their new home in Cambodia's Siem Reap Province alongside Habitat for Humanity volunteers and staff.

In Partnership With Habitat For Humanity →

Culture, Family

A safe, stable home can change lives for the better. Here’s how Habitat for Humanity wants to make that possible for everyone.

Sarah Watts

3/25/2026
Photo credit: RDNE Stock Project|Canva – School supplies included bulletproof backpack inserts this year.

Family, Parenting, Popular

This year’s school supply shopping included bulletproof backpack inserts. We have a problem.

Jacalyn Wetzel

8/10/2023
Photo credit: Photo by Heather Mount on Unsplash – Tennessee reporter and school shooting survivor gives advice to parents.

Democracy, Justice

Reporter reveals she’s a school shooting survivor on air and offers advice to Covenant parents

Jacalyn Wetzel

3/30/2023
Photo credit: @jmattttt/TikTok, @mdriddlen/Twitter – Jackie Matthews and Emma Riddle share that the MSU shooting was their second school shooting experience.

Democracy, Politics, Popular

Former Sandy Hook student shares heartbreaking story after surviving second school shooting

Annie Reneau

2/14/2023
Photo credit: via Wikimedia Commons – A makeshift memorial after the 2019 El Paso mass shooting.

Democracy, Politics

More than seven thousand people shared their best ideas to stop mass shootings. Here are the best.

Tod Perry

1/27/2023
Photo credit: March Fourth/YouTube – A March Fourth PSA shows how our daily lives are impacted by mass shootings.

Democracy, Politics, Popular

Powerful PSA uses reverse psychology to drum up support for assault weapons bill

Annie Reneau

9/20/2022
Photo credit: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah/Facebook – Trevor Noah has his finger on the pulse of American culture.

Pop Culture, Popular, Television

Trevor Noah nails the bizarre attitude toward stopping mass shootings in the US

Annie Reneau

7/7/2022
Photo credit: via POMED/Flickr – Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy.

Democracy, Politics, Popular

Chris Murphy perfectly explains why the new bipartisan agreement on gun safety is so important

Tod Perry

6/13/2022
Photo credit: Photo by Heather Mount on Unsplash – Actions speak far louder than words.

Education, Policy, Popular

Comedian perfectly nails how little ‘thoughts and prayers’ mean after a mass shooting

Jacalyn Wetzel

5/26/2022
Photo credit: Photo by hosein charbaghi on Unsplash, @jeremykasperson/Twitter – Arming school personnel as a response to school shootings is a terrible idea.

Democracy, Politics, Popular, Top Splash

Turning schools into fortresses and teachers into trained soldiers isn’t the answer

Annie Reneau

5/25/2022
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Democracy, Popular

The first Republican in Congress has signed on to an assault weapons ban

Leo Shvedsky

8/20/2019
Photo credit: Instagram / Lady Gaga – Array

Culture, Popular

Lady Gaga to fund classroom projects in cities impacted by mass shootings

Heidi Lux

8/13/2019
Photo credit: Stanford University – David Spain, MD, Chief of Trauma at Stanford Health Care teaching 17-year-old Sequoia High School student Alex Rojo how to stop bleeds on mannequin

Culture, Democracy, Popular

A school custodian’s description of ‘Stop the Bleed’ training shows where gun culture has led us

Annie Reneau

8/12/2019
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Culture, Most Shared, Popular

The American Psychological Association says bigotry and gun laws are to blame for mass shootings, not ‘mental illness’

Annie Reneau

8/6/2019
Photo credit: Donald J. Trump/Twitter – Array

Democracy, Popular

Trump blames ‘The Media’ for mass violence. That’s not just utter bullsh*t—it’s dangerous.

Annie Reneau

8/5/2019