Tag: gun violence
The most dangerous decade: 2018-2028
Without great restraint, diplomacy, wisdom and compromises, we will be sleepwalking into a nuclear disaster in the next decade.
Role of youth in the coming transformation
These crises are coming to a head and provide the environment for transformational changes, if we act.
Police officer fired in Alton Sterling case
“Fear cannot be a driver for an officer’s response to every incident. Unreasonable fear within an officer is dangerous.”
After mocking Parkland shooting survivor, advertisers drop Laura Ingraham
“We can show that if you continue to bully the students that survived a mass murder, there’s going to be consequences."
Two police officers charged with illegally selling more than 100 guns
The ATF previously issued a memorandum to Southern California police chiefs warning that sales of illegal firearms have become an “emerging problem” for officers.
In March for Our Lives, student rights have become human rights
The young have long been that catalyst for change, and the Never Again movement is a continuation of that tradition.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter speaks at March for Our Lives
“Spread the word, have you heard, all across the nation, we are going to be a great generation!”
Students are being punished for walking out to protest gun violence
Students are being suspended, given detentions, and even corporal punishment, for participating in the national walk out.
High school students
So what was it about the Parkland killings that tipped the scale? This is among the questions we teachers have been asking one another at school recently.
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The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
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