by Dan Rodricks One Saturday night in May 1993, on 36th Street in the heart of Hampden, two young guys — one with a ponytail, the other with a “Dumb […]
Tag: gun violence
The issue of gun violence often invaded my classroom
by Paul Karrer Gun violence isn’t something I expected to face as an elementary school teacher in Central California. But far too often, it showed up in my fifth grade […]
Do not become numb to the horror
In the last month alone, there have been five mass murders — shooting events where four or more people end up dead, excluding the killer. March 16 — Atlanta, Ga. […]
The victims of this war don’t get a wall
“This is a violent civilization — if civilization’s where I am.” — Gil Scott-Heron, “Gun” Alexis Knutson doesn’t want to see her friend reduced. That friend, she told The New […]
