Kids Have Alway Led the Way for Progress. The Push for Gun Control Is No Different.
Stop Mass Incarcerations Network sponsored a children’s march demanding accountability on the one year anniversary of Tamir Rice’s death at the hands of the Cleveland police. Andy Katz/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last week, it quickly became clear…
This Democrat Doesn’t Want to Ban Assault Weapons. Republicans Are Attacking Him Anyway.
Keith Srakocic/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Next month’s special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th district, between Republican state Sen. Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb, will be the first congressional election after last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. While many Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have been put on…
The NRA’s Plan to “Harden” Schools is Terrifying
tiwaongin/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During Wednesday night’s CNN town hall on school shootings, Lori Alhadeff, the parent of a 14-year-old victim of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting confronted the NRA’s national spokeswoman Dana Loesch on why her organization hadn’t done more to make schools safer. Alhadeff pointed…
This Parkland Shooting Survivor Was the Third in Her Family to Escape a Gun Attack
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Curtosy of the Tylim family; Mother JonesDani Tylim was taking a math test at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14 when the fire alarm started ringing. Confused, the 18-year-old junior evacuated to a field by the school’s tennis courts. That’s when she heard the gunshots. “I thought…
The Day After Teens Poured Their Hearts Out, NRA’s LaPierre Deflects, Rages and Filibusters.
Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In his first public comments since a gunman killed 17 people last week at a Florida high school, the leader of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, went on the offensive Thursday morning, doubling down on the organization’s most strident pro-gun talking points,…
Trump Just Praised an NRA Official With a Long History of Appalling Statements
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, right, and executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action Chris Cox with President Donald Trump in April.Curtis Compton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A week after the Parkland school shooting left 17 people dead, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to praise National Rifle…