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Jul 19 2022
Analysis
How often does a ‘good guy with a gun’ end an attack?
A shooting at an Indiana mall Sunday that left three innocent people dead and two more injured could have been far worse if not for the actions of an armed civilian, authorities say.
Police are calling 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken a hero after they say he shot and killed the suspected 20-year-old gunman with a firearm he was legally carrying.
“Many more people would have died last
NewsNation
Dec 08 2021
News
Lockdown drills can harm students' mental health. Here's what one expert advises
Community members and national onlookers are still reeling from last week's deadly shooting at a high school in Oxford, Mich., for which one student and his parents are facing charges.
Video footage posted to social media showed students rushing out of first-floor windows rather than opening the classroom door to a person claiming to be a police detective, while other classrooms
NPR (Online News)
Apr 10 2023
Headline Roundup
Expelled Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones Reappointed by Nashville Council
The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously to reinstate Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, one week after he was expelled by the Republican supermajority.
For Context: Last week, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson, for participating in a protest on the House floor calling for
The Daily Wire
New York Times (News)
The Hill
Dec 19 2022
Analysis
‘The People,’ They Say
On the use and abuse of political terms: ‘the people,’ ‘elites,’ ‘workers,’ etc.
When I was in high school or college, I had a head full of politics, and a head full of populist steam. One night at dinner, I was spouting off about “the people”: “the people” this, “the people” that. The great holy people, whose voice needed to be preeminent. My father, trying to get a word in edgewise,
National Review (News)
Nov 25 2022
News
Virginia Walmart gunman's manifesto claims he was 'betrayed' by coworkers he killed, felt 'led by' Satan
Andre Bing — the accused gunman behind six killings at a Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart where he worked — left a manifesto blaming the deadly violence on "torment" by coworkers and demonic influences.
"Sorry God, I've failed you, this was not your fault but my own. I failed to listen to the groans of the holy spirit which made me a poor representation of You," Bing wrote in a note
Fox News Digital
Feb 14 2018
Opinion
Yes, This Is a Good Time To Talk About Gun Violence and How To Reduce It
The Florida school shooting is horrific, but making sure such tragedies never happen is no simple matter.
Reason
Jul 03 2022
News
Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law Will Force Teachers to Take LGBT Propaganda Out of Classrooms
The Parental Rights in Education law will force teachers to remove blatant LGBT propaganda from their classrooms as the law is set to take effect Friday.
According to reports, Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) announced it will “impose strict restrictions on classroom behavior” in order to abide by the Parental Rights in Education law. The law itself, which left-wing critics grossly
Breitbart News
Jun 22 2022
News
6 things we've learned about how the pandemic disrupted learning
How did the pandemic disrupt learning for America's more than 50 million K-12 students?
For two years, that question has felt immeasurable, like a phantom, though few educators doubted the shadow it cast over children who spent months struggling to learn online.
Now, as a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the crisis's
NPR (Online News)
Jun 28 2022
News
U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith.
In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has ruled against government officials whose policies and actions were taken to avoid
Reuters
Jan 22 2023
News
Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight Putin too
Europe must fight. The realisation has been slow in coming. Yet almost one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, most western governments finally understand Kyiv’s war for survival is their war, too. It’s a fight to the death for Ukraine, but also for European democracy, rights and values. It’s a fight against the historical evils of fascism and imperialism embodied by Vladimir Putin, a dictator
The Guardian