Gun Violence

  • Gun Violence

    “Youth Aren’t Bulletproof”

    When 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez was murdered by an assault rifle in her fourth-grade classroom alongside two teachers and 18 classmates, her parents had to identify her body by those favorite sneakers.

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    Wear Orange

    The Wear Orange movement began in honor of Hadiya Pendleton, an honors student and drum majorette who was shot and killed on a Chicago playground in January 2013 just days after she had performed in President Obama’s second inaugural parade.

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    It’s Always the Guns

    On April 15 there were seven mass shootings, the most in a single day so far this year. All of these only-in-America atrocities took place the very same week that many Republican politicians were attending the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to pledge their allegiance to the gun lobby.

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    Doing Something

    There is an overwhelming chorus urging elected leaders to "do something" to stem our national gun violence epidemic.

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    Beyond Thoughts and Prayers

    It happened again. This time, the mass school shooting was at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    In the Aftermath: The Murder of Tyre Nichols

    As images of the murder of Tyre Nichols continue to flood the media, we pause to recognize that such images are also flooding our hearts, our homes, and our sense of hope.

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