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School Shootings

  1. power
    Alex Jones Is Spending Big — Just Not on Sandy Hook FamiliesHe racked up $93,000 in personal expenses in one month but paid none of the $1.5 billion he owes the victims’ parents.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  2. power
    Expelled Tennessee Democrats Have Been Reinstated Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were voted back into office by their districts.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez and Tariro Mzezewa
  3. school shootings
    A 6-Year-Old Shot His Teacher — Now What?The boy’s mother has been indicted on child-neglect and endangerment charges after he gained access to her gun.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong and Claire Lampen
  4. mass shootings
    What We Know About the Michigan State ShootingThree students were killed and five others were injured before the suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  5. how i get it done
    How Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts Gets It DoneThe activist looks back on ten years spent fighting to end gun violence, and ahead to what comes next after she steps down at the end of the year.
    By Linda Childers
  6. uvalde
    What We Know About the Police Response to the Uvalde ShootingA class-action lawsuit by survivors against law enforcement asks $27 billion for “indelible and forever-lasting trauma.”
    By Claire Lampen and Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  7. crime
    What We Know About the UVA ShootingThree people are dead and two more are injured after a gunman opened fire on the school’s Charlottesville campus.
    By Claire Lampen
  8. action item
    How to Help the Uvalde CommunityFrom supporting Robb Elementary School families to pressing for gun-control legislation.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  9. gun violence
    The Supreme Court May Be About to Expand Gun Rights Even MoreIn June, the Court could rule New York’s concealed-carry-license regulations unconstitutional.
    By Danielle Cohen
  10. uvalde
    ‘As Teachers, We’re Expected to Put Our Lives on the Line’An educator near Uvalde feels the weight of the Texas school shooting.
    As told to Brooke LaMantia
  11. what we know
    These Are the Names of the Uvalde School-Shooting VictimsNineteen kids and two teachers are dead after a gunman opened fire on a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.
    By Claire Lampen and Bindu Bansinath
  12. uvalde
    “It’s One of the Biggest Fears of My Life”After the Uvalde shooting, a Columbine survivor dreads sending her daughter to preschool this fall.
    As told to Andrea González-Ramírez
  13. news
    Sandy Hook Families Reach a Settlement With GunmakerThe $73 million settlement could start a new kind of accountability in the gun industry.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  14. school shootings
    A 15-Year-Old Allegedly Opened Fire at a Michigan High SchoolThe parents of alleged shooter Ethan Crumbley have been arrested and charged after a manhunt.
    By Claire Lampen and Bindu Bansinath
  15. school shootings
    A 6th Grader Opened Fire in Her Idaho Middle School, Injuring 3 PeopleAuthorities say she shot two students and a custodian, all of whom are expected to survive.
    By Amanda Arnold
  16. power
    This Was the First March With No School Shootings Since 2002Amid school closures over the coronavirus, no shootings took place in the U.S. — for the first time in 18 years.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  17. power
    How Many Students Have Been Traumatized by Active-Shooter Drills?In a new report, two major teachers unions have called for schools to end or revise the drills, saying they’re harmful to children.
    By Hannah Gold
  18. lawsuits
    Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $100K in Sandy Hook Conspiracy CaseThe Infowars creator must pay court and legal fees after being sued for his claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
    By Hannah Gold
  19. mass shootings
    Everything We Know About the Santa Clarita School ShootingTwo students were killed and three others were injured. Police have one suspect in custody.
    By Amanda Arnold
  20. school shootings
    Sandy Hook Parents Release Chilling PSA for Back-to-School SeasonShowing the reality of what children face during mass shootings.
    By Katie Berohn
  21. fashion
    A Menswear Brand Made School-Shooting-Themed SweatshirtsThe designers insist they’re “empowering the survivors of tragedy through storytelling in the clothes.” Survivors disagree.
    By Amanda Arnold
  22. mass shootings
    One Student Killed and 8 Injured in Colorado School ShootingThe two suspects are now facing 48 criminal charges each, including first-degree murder.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler and Amanda Arnold
  23. colorado school shooting
    What It’s Like to Hear Gunshots for the First Time During a School ShootingStudents describe what went through their minds during the deadly school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch.
    By Amanda Arnold
  24. crime
    Teen ‘Infatuated’ With Columbine Found Dead After Massive ManhuntThe Colorado governor tweeted that the “the potential threat is over.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  25. gun violence
    What Happens to the Mental Health of School-Shooting Survivors?A trauma expert weighs in on three apparent suicides in the aftermath of the Parkland and Sandy Hook school shootings.
    By Anna Silman
  26. stoneman shooting
    The Parkland Community Is Sending Students Love on Their First Day of SchoolStudents and families took to Twitter to mourn and offer support, six months and one day after the shooting.
    By Amanda Arnold
  27. gun safety
    School Gifts Eighth-Graders Bulletproof Shields for GraduationIntended to protect them in the event of a shooting.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  28. school shootings
    Texas Official Blames School Shooting on ‘Too Many’ Entrances and ExitsLieutenant Governor Dan Patrick offers up an … interesting theory on the Santa Fe High School shooting.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  29. school shootings
    A Santa Fe High School Student Says She Wasn’t Surprised by Shooting“It’s happened everywhere. I’ve always kind of felt like it was going to happen here, too.”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  30. national walkout day
    The Most Powerful Scenes From April’s National Walkout DayStudents walked out to protest gun violence on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
    By Lisa Ryan
  31. national walkout day
    A Florida High-School Student Was Shot During National School Walkout DayThe shooting occurred at a high school in Ocala, Florida.
    By Lisa Ryan
  32. school safety
    School District Arms Teachers With Tiny Baseball Bats to Stop ShootingsToday, in exercises in futility.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  33. school safety
    School District Gives Students Rocks to Throw at Potential ShootersA Pennsylvania school superintendent said each of his schools’ classrooms have been given five-gallon buckets of rocks to throw at armed intruders.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  34. crime
    Teen Girl Targeted by Ex in Maryland School Shooting DiesSixteen-year-old Jaelyn Willey was taken off life support after she was pronounced brain dead.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  35. crime
    People Are Upset After Headlines Call School Shooter ‘Lovesick Teen’Seventeen-year-old Austin Rollins shot two people, including his ex-girlfriend.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  36. gun control
    This Lawmaker Is Against Arming Teachers Because They’re ‘Ladies’“We don’t need to have a lady teacher in a school that’s got a firearm.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  37. stoneman shooting
    Stoneman Shooting Survivor Demands Trump ‘Listen to the Screams of the Children’“We want Americans to stop being afraid of demanding our politicians to take action.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  38. stoneman shooting
    Trump Brought Notes Reminding Him to Listen to Shooting VictimsPhotographers captured a picture of his discussion points.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  39. stoneman shooting
    School Shooting Survivor Forced to Respond to Claims That He’s a ‘Crisis Actor’Even Donald Trump Jr. liked a tweet attacking 17-year-old David Hogg.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  40. crime
    Man Shares Story About Almost Becoming a School Shooter“I am not a school shooter because I didn’t have access to guns.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  41. stoneman shooting
    Stoneman Shooting Survivor Slams Lawmakers and Demands Gun ControlEmma Gonzalez delivered a powerful speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
    By Amanda Arnold
  42. stoneman shooting
    All of Our Coverage of the Parkland Florida School ShootingWe’ll continue to update this post as we know more.
    By the Cut
  43. stoneman shooting
    What It’s Like Being a Teacher During a School ShootingTwo Sandy Hook teachers look back on how they survived, and what came after.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  44. crime
    Grandmother Stops Teen Who Was Allegedly Planning a School ShootingPolice say Cathi O’Connor turned in her grandson after reading troubling entries in his journal.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  45. stoneman shooting
    Student Survivors of Florida School Shooting Beg Politicians to Take Action“We are children. You guys are the adults. Work together, come over your politics, and get something done.”
    By Anna Silman
  46. stoneman shooting
    Messages of Rage and Pain From the Teens Who Survived the Florida ShootingStudents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took to Twitter to express themselves and find community.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  47. motherhood
    Sue Klebold and the Truth About Normal ParentsThe blind spots and missteps described in the Columbine mom’s memoir are hauntingly familiar.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  48. terrible things
    Teen Threatens to ‘Kill All the Girls’ After They Refuse to Send Him NudesThe 15-year-old was arrested on Wednesday after making the threats.
    By Jessica Roy
  49. first person
    The School Shooting That Didn’t Change My Liberal, Pro-Gun ChildhoodA boy opened fire at my school dance, but my Democratic parents remained pro-gun.
    By Marin Cogan