It’s 2018 and kids in kindergarten are learning letters, numbers, shapes, and how to survive school shootings.
Since more than 20 school shootings have taken place in 2018 so far, educators are taking serious measures to teach students what to do in …
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’13 Reasons Why’ creator on Season 2’s controversial school shooting plot
Note: This post contains spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of 13 Reasons Why.
Controversies over heavy subject matter isn’t new for Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why.
Season 1 was criticized for its graphic handling of teen suicide, and now many are question…
Netflix cancels ’13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 premiere after school shooting
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Following the Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas that left ten victims dead, Netflix announced that it would cancel the 13 Reasons Why Season 2 premiere event set to take place later that day in Los Angeles on Friday, May 13.
In a statement, the company wrote, “Our hearts are with the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting, and with all victims of gun violence. In light of today’s tragedy, we are cancelling the 13 Reasons Why S2 premiere event tonight.”
On Twitter, many of the show’s actors also expressed statements of solidarity. Read more…
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View More Netflix cancels ’13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 premiere after school shootingThese images from the National School Walkout are powerful beyond belief
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Students, teachers, and faculty members at schools across America are participating in a National School Walkout to take a bold stand against gun violence.
After a mass shooting killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14, grieving and distraught teens, families, and citizens began organizing protests to demand Congress take stricter action on gun control laws in the country.
On March 14 — the one-month anniversary of the deadly Florida shooting — people of all ages at educational institutions across the country will participate in a National School Walkout. The protest will start at 10 a.m. local time and last for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 lives of those killed in the tragic shooting. Read more…
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This comic breaks down student protesters’ rights ahead of National School Walkout for gun control
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As students across America prepare to stage a National School Walkout in protest of gun violence on March 14, cartoonist Kai Texel wants to make sure they known their rights.
Texel partered with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) to launch Be Heard! — a free educational comic book that seeks to inform students of the best practices to carry out while protesting, peacefully assembling, and asserting their First Amendment rights.
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The nationwide school and university walkout will take place on the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. Read more…
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View More This comic breaks down student protesters’ rights ahead of National School Walkout for gun controlStephen Miller flat out falls asleep during Trump speech on school safety
Between frothing about “cosmopolitans” or getting escorted out of CNN by security, it’s rare to capture Senior White House policy advisor Stephen Miller in a humanlike moment.
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Trump claims he would have run in unarmed to defend Florida school against shooter
As the ongoing debate over gun control continues following the deadly Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, President Trump again upped the ante for shocking comments by criticizing deputies who didn’t enter the school and claiming he would have…
View More Trump claims he would have run in unarmed to defend Florida school against shooterGeorge and Amal Clooney just made a huge donation to Florida school shooting survivors
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In less than a week, Parkland, Florida, has transformed into the grounds for a new movement helmed by teenagers who have made it their mission to shift the conversation around gun control and put an end to mass shootings.
These students, survivors of a school shooting that claimed 17 victims from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, have been organizing on social media and in real life. A rally, March for Our Lives, will take place on March 24— and it just got a major donation boost from George and Amal Clooney.
“Amal and I are so inspired by the courage and eloquence of these young men and women from Stoneman Douglas High School,” reads the note, tweeted by Stoneman Douglas student and survivor Sarah Chadwick. Read more…
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View More George and Amal Clooney just made a huge donation to Florida school shooting survivorsEmma Gonzalez has no time for NRA-funded politics. ‘We call BS,’ she screamed.
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Remember the name Emma Gonzalez. She surely has many more speeches to come.
In the aftermath of last week’s shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior and survivor stepped up during an anti-gun rally to deliver a fiery speech. Like so many others, Gonzalez is fed up. She’s seen firsthand the desperate need for tighter gun controls, and she understands the political machinations that prevent such changes from happening.
It’s a powerful moment. You should watch for yourself.
“They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS!” Florida high school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez calls on President Trump and lawmakers to tighten gun restrictions in impassioned speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale https://t.co/DgnqrrVs9x
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View More Emma Gonzalez has no time for NRA-funded politics. ‘We call BS,’ she screamed.There’s a striking difference between Obama and Trump’s responses to school shootings
On Friday, President Donald Trump visited Parkland, Florida in the wake of a school shooting in a high school that left 17 people dead. But Trump has faced criticism over the way he carried himself during that visit.
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When school shootings are broadcast on Snapchat, the effects reverberate
On Wednesday afternoon, some of the terrified teenagers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, used social media to bear witness to the recurring tragedy of our time: a mass shooting.
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Donald Trump contradicts himself on gun violence and mental illness
Displaying a cognitive dissonance that’s become common with him, President Donald Trump on Thursday made a reference to the alleged mental instability of the young man accused of the deadly Parkland, Florida school shooting.
Though just last ye…