The Aftermath

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Student Activists Plan Nationwide ‘Die-In’ on Pulse Mass Shooting Anniversary

At noon on Tuesday, thousands of teenage bodies will blanket the U.S. Capitol lawn. For 12 minutes, or 720 seconds, they will remain motionless in honor of Americans who have been killed in mass shootings since the Pulse nightclub attack…

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The Teen Behind the National School Walkout Wants to Break the ‘Status Quo’

Lane Murdock, a 16-year-old sophomore from Ridgefield, Connecticut, hasn’t slept much in the past two months. What’s kept her up at night, apart from studying for exams, is one all-consuming extracurricular: organizing a national protest against gun violence that has…

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At ‘Survivors Speak’ Vigils, Victims of Violence Emphasize Healing

Monifa Akosua was 13 years old when she went to her first funeral for a friend who had been gunned down. Now, 27, Akosua says she’s been attending funerals for gunshot victims ever since, including one for her cousin, Fontino…

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March For Our Lives: Student-Led Protests Against Gun Violence Draw Hundreds of Thousands

Crowds across the country took to the streets to demand stronger gun laws.

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Trace Readers on Why They Will (or Won’t) ‘March For Our Lives’

What are you doing on March 24? Read Next Tell Us: Will You Be Participating in the ‘March for Our Lives’? On Saturday, thousands of people are expected to join the student-led…

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The ER Doctor Gathering Physicians’ Up-Close Experiences With Gun Violence

Megan Ranney will never forget the first time she witnessed a trauma unit treat a shooting victim.  She was a young medical student at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York when a young man was rushed in on…

Mass Shooting

The Very Brave Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High is a big school, enrolling some 3,000 students. It has been four days since it was struck by one of the worst mass shootings in modern American history. Stoneman Douglas is therefore now part of something…

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On Twitter, Teachers Trade DIY Tips on Protecting Their Students Against Mass Shooters

Ian Pearce is a high school teacher in Arlington, Texas. Whenever a school shooting makes national headlines, he and his wife have a difficult conversation: If a gunman ever breaches one of Pearce’s classrooms, his wife has given him permission…

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Tell Us: How Do You Deal With News of Mass Shootings and Gun Violence?

In just the past four months, the United States has seen three of the deadliest mass shootings in its modern history. The latest this week at a high school in Florida killed at least 17 people and left more than…

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The Texas Woman Bringing Holiday Cheer to Children Who’ve Lost Parents to Guns

After her brother was fatally shot, Kim Anderson saw how hard his death was on her niece. She started an organization to help kids struggling to cope with the loss of a parent.

The Aftermath

What One Reporter Learned About How Kids Process Trauma After School Shootings

Earlier this week, a student opened fire in a high school in Rockford, Washington, killing one student and wounding three others. The scene quickly unfolded into now-familiar vignettes of panic: parents rushing to the building, some abandoning their cars…

Mass Shooting

Parents Racing to the Washington School Shooting Got Stuck in Traffic. Some Did What Any Parents Would Do.

On Wednesday, following a fatal school shooting near Spokane, Washington, local parents were forced to endure a now familiar American ritual: the desperate scramble to find out if their child would return from classes alive. Parents raced to Freeman…

Mass Shooting

An Anti-Hate Campaign, Waged by Vanity Plate

A mass shooting at his relatives' temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, had Gurveer Singh reconsidering his plans to come to the U.S. When he went ahead with the move, he found a very American way to show he wasn't afraid.

Commentary

My Job Is to Tell the Public When People Are Shot in Baltimore. This Time, It Was My Little Brother.

Stricken by grief by the July slaying, T.J. Smith, the chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, now feels overwhelmed by the support that has poured in from around the country.

Law Enforcement

When Police Fail to Solve Homicides, Families Carry the Weight

Four young men were fatally shot. Their killers haven't been caught. Their mothers suffer.