He Survived the Las Vegas Massacre. And He’s Protesting for the First Time.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s a long drive from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Salt Lake City, Utah, about six hours of plains, canyons, mountains, and time to think. Royce Christensen, a 22-year old survivor of the Vegas Strip massacre last October, has a lot on his mind. He’s on…
19 Years Before Parkland, Columbine Students Tried to Fix America’s Gun Problem
Members of SAFE Students with President Bill Clinton three months after the Columbine massacreSusan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day in April, two decades before the Parkland massacre, high school senior Ben Gelt was in philosophy class when he heard the news: Gunmen had burst into Columbine High School,…
More Cops Won’t Make Schools Safer, But Here’s What They Will Do
Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ contribution to a White House plan to make schools safer post-Parkland is predictably in line with his tough-on-crime approach to governing: put more cops in schools. Last week, he proposed a measure to prioritize grant funding for those who intend…
We Just Found Out About Another Federal Investigation into Russian Meddling
The National Rifle Association booth at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Federal Election Commission has launched an inquiry into potential illegal donations made to the National Rifle Association by Russian individuals and businesses in support of President Donald Trump’s…
These California High School Kids Were All Set to Protest Gun Violence—and Then This Nightmare Happened
Students at San Leandro High prior to the lockdown.Julian Lucero via Twitter Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Students at California’s San Leandro High School planned to be among the thousands of students who walked out of class on Wednesday to honor the 17 people killed at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Students Walked Out for Gun Control. Here’s How Congress Responded.
Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One month after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students from across the country walked out of class to protest Congress’ inaction on gun violence. And as they did, Congress responded—sort of. With teenagers demonstrating outside the Capitol, both the House and…