Friday, June 2, 2023

Tag: school shooting

‘We don’t have to live this way’: St. Louis school gunman...

"Republicans will tell you the solution is some more guns. On November 8, you need to tell them they're full of shit."

Parkland school shooter gets life in prison without parole

Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.

At least 19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school...

"How many more times are we gonna sit back?... How many more times?"

Parents of Sandy Hook victims: Naming of Marjorie Taylor Greene to...

"Giving Representative Greene the platform to spread dangerous dogma only rewards and normalizes this abhorrent behavior, places already vulnerable groups in danger, and further traumatizes survivors."

‘Heartbreaking statistic’: Thanks to pandemic, last month was first March since...

“All it took was a pandemic and closing all the schools.”

Deputy arrested for negligence after Parkland shooting inaction

“The FDLE investigation shows former deputy Peterson did absolutely nothing to mitigate the MSD shooting that killed 17 children, teachers and staff and injured 17 others."

School shooters and drones

In its endless wars, America has been the true school shooter on this planet, terrorizing the global classroom with a remarkable lack of consequences.

One year after Parkland, 1,200 more kids are dead by gunfire...

Students who survived the massacre quickly came to national prominence as leading activists for gun control.

Parkland students join Chicagoans to march against gun violence

"We just want peace. With this type of movement, with this amount of people we can definitely get something done."

Boulder, Colorado passes new gun control laws

Boulder now joins a few other cities and towns throughout the U.S. that are passing laws aimed at banning the controversial AR-15.

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The compulsion to intervene

Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?

The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’

Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?

Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers

"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."

When will US join global call to end Ukraine War?

There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war.