I have been in education for almost two decades, much of it working to prepare student teachers to lead classrooms of their own. In the hours since the Uvalde, Texas, massacre that killed 19 children […]
‘Please Send the Police Now’: Multiple Kids Made 911 Calls While Gunman Was Inside Uvalde School
More details are emerging about the 911 calls made by children inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as an alleged 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the primary school. On Friday, […]
Uvalde Survivor, 11, Says She Covered Herself in Classmate’s Blood and Played Dead During Shooting
An 11-year-old survivor of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, described the moment the gunman shot her teacher and how she pretended to be dead in an interview with CNN. Miah Cerrillo said her teachers […]
Uvalde Mom ‘Destroyed’ By Loss of Only Daughter, Calls Texas Gov. Abbott ‘Embarrassment’
Ana Rodriguez lost her only daughter in the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, this week. She calls it utter madness that the gunman was able to legally purchase two AR-15 […]
Husband of Slain Uvalde Teacher Dies of Heart Attack After Dropping Off Flowers at Her Memorial
The family of Irma Garcia — one of the two teachers who sacrificed their lives to save their students at the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas — is now also mourning the loss of […]
‘Enough is Enough’: Students Demand Action on Gun Violence Epidemic
In the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, which left 19 children and two adults dead, thousands of students from across the country walked out of their classrooms at […]
Why Is TikTok Saying No to New York’s Legal Weed?
If you live in the state of New York, you may have seen some new public service announcements in the past several weeks. With bright blocks of color and bold lettering appearing in English and […]
Armed Law Enforcement Was on the Scene in Uvalde. They Just Didn’t Do Anything
Armed law enforcement officers were present on Tuesday as a shooter entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and slaughtered 21 people, including 19 young children. They just didn’t do anything. The Associated Press reported […]
Grieving Grandma Slams Texas Gun Laws That Armed ‘Pure Evil’ School Shooter
Berlinda Arreola lost her “world’s sweetest” granddaughter in the Texas school massacre that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers Monday, so when she watched Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defend the state’s lenient […]
He Wrote The Onion’s Famous Mass-Shooting Headline. It Still Haunts Him
As the gut-wrenching news that 19 children and two teachers were killed in their Uvalde, Texas school on Tuesday, a few people remarked grimly on social media that it was time, once more, to post […]
‘My Little Love Is Now Flying High With the Angels Above’: Victims of the Texas School Shooting Remembered
In the hours since Tuesday’s deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, some family members are beginning the unimaginable mourning process after learning that their loved one was taken from them. Others, meanwhile, […]
From 4Chan to Congress: How a Hateful Anti-Trans Lie About the Uvalde Shooter Went Viral
The first hours after a mass shooting are often awash in disinformation, as Internet hacks try to piece together a portrait of the killer. Frequently, the worse the information, the faster it spreads — because […]