Newtown Elementary School Shooting
America’s Broken Hearts
As a sixth grader Hadiya had appeared in an anti-gang video to encourage other young people to avoid gang violence, saying, “It’s your job as students to say ‘no’ to gangs and ‘yes’ to a great future.” She could have…
January 14, 2013
812 Shot To Death Since Newtown Massacre One Month Ago
Dear President Obama, I am 12 years old and in seventh grade. We have lockdown drills for if someone enters the school. I always looked at those as drills we just have to do. I…
January 1, 2013
“It’s Time to Protect the Peaceful” — Pamela Kripke
I am not free to behave as myself because of the killings. I am not free to walk on a street without fearing that someone might whip a firearm from inside a coat, or out of a purse. I am…