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BREAKING NEWS! QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Appointed to House Education and Labor Committee

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 27, 2021January 28, 2021

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021038

The House Republican conference just indulged in a sick joke: It assigned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to the House Education and Labor Committee. Rep. Greene...

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Colorado: Students Training to Respond to Active Shooter in School

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 30, 2019November 26, 2020

August 30, 2019November 26, 2020031

Since the U.S. Senate refuses to consider any regulation of guns, some schools are preparing for the next shooter. In Colorado, students are receiving training...

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Douglas County, Colorado: District Debates Charter School Over Teachers Carrying Guns

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 28, 2019November 26, 2020

August 28, 2019November 26, 2020029

Last May, there was a school shooting in the STEM Academy charter school in Douglas County, Colorado, one of the most affluent districts in the...

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Father of Boy Killed at Sandy Hook Wins Defamation Suit

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 25, 2019November 26, 2020

June 25, 2019November 26, 2020025

The parents of the children massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. have been subject to unending abuse by conspiracy theorists who...

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Tim Slekar: A Podcast about Survivors of School Shootings

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 9, 2019November 26, 2020

April 9, 2019November 26, 2020027

Tim Slekar produced a podcast about school shootings and their aftermath. Two survivors of the Parkland mass shooting committed suicide, as did the father of...

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Cashing in on Kids: The School Security Gold Rush

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 17, 2019November 26, 2020

February 17, 2019November 26, 2020032

In the Public Interest is a nonpartisan organization that tracks the privatization of public services and assets. Its latest report: Is school security the next...

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Mitchell Robinson: When You Give a Teacher a Gun…

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 13, 2019November 26, 2020

January 13, 2019November 26, 2020028

Mitchell Robinson, professor of music education at Michigan State University, saw an article that he found alarming. The article to which he objects appeared in...

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Laura Ingraham Mocked David Hogg, and Now He is Headed to Harvard

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 23, 2018November 26, 2020

December 23, 2018November 26, 2020030

After the massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February, several students emerged as national spokespersons for the anti-gun movement....

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DeVos’ Phony School Safety Commission Report

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 18, 2018November 26, 2020

December 18, 2018November 26, 2020028

After the massacre of 17 students at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last February, the Trump administration created a commission headed...

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Secondary School Principals Blast DeVos “School Safety” Report, No Mention of Gun Control