Politics Feb 12 Parkland anniversary highlights how Democrats have shifted on guns In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he supported the Second Amendment. In the opening days of the 2020 Democratic primary, it's hard to imagine any candidate feeling… By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press
Education Apr 10 Watch 8:43 Can schools juggle hardened security with welcoming culture? Since the shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, there have been calls for adding guns at U.S. schools. On the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, one district has their own school police force, with more than 100 officers… By Lisa Stark, Education Week
Education Mar 27 Watch 7:19 Friends who survived Sandy Hook and Parkland are on a mission to ‘move the needle’ on gun reform Among the hundreds of thousands at last weekend's March for Our Lives in Washington were two women who share an uncanny bond. Friends for over three decades, Yvonne Cech and Diana Haneski are also both school librarians who survived different… By William Brangham
Nation Mar 23 Watch 5:52 Teenagers will lead the charge and demand change at anti-gun violence March for Our Lives Students and other demonstrators across the country will protest gun violence Saturday. In Washington, survivors of last month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, will stage their March for Our Lives rally. John Yang follows some of the students as… By PBS NewsHour
Mar 22 Watch 7:34 Parkland victim’s father: We will get gun reform in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour Children want to be able to go to school, church and the mall without fear of being shot, and they are going to demand it, says Fred Guttenberg, a vocal advocate for reforming the nation's gun laws since his 14-year-old… Continue watching
Mar 19 Parkland students pour their feelings into poetry By Jennifer Hijazi A 14-year-old student who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School wrote about life's "ups and downs" soon before his death. After the shooting, a classmate writes that "nothing about this feels normal."… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 3:54 ‘The adults have failed us. This is in our hands now’: Thousands stage school walkout over gun violence By PBS NewsHour Students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday morning by the tens of thousands to protest gun violence and remember the victims of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Back in Washington, lawmakers pressed the FBI on why it… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 4:57 Kids who walked out see their generation as the one ‘getting things done’ on the gun debate By PBS NewsHour Ceilidh Kern, a sophomore, and Jaylah Ross, a junior, are two students who participated in the March 14 school walkouts, and are part of a team from more than a dozen of our Student Reporting Labs who are covering the… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch 3:56 Student walkouts protesting shootings will vary around the country — and so will their schools’ responses By PBS NewsHour To mark the one-month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students are planning walkouts around the country for Wednesday. Organizers expect more than 200,000 students in all 50 states will participate. But how schools handle these walkouts… Continue watching