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Students Are Processing School Shootings on TikTok—Experts Say It Can Both Help and Harm Recovery

Here's how to navigate posting and watching content after a school shooting.

At Brown University, I Watched Our Community Come Together After Tragedy

Brown University senior Angela Lian reflects on the community that has come together in the aftermath of the campus shooting on Dec. 13.

Meet the Students Fighting to Stop the Sale of High-Capacity Guns — and Winning

No one should be able to fire off 41 rounds in 30 seconds.

Gun Violence Is Officially a Public Health Crisis. What Does That Actually Mean?

“This is a huge deal."

What Happens to Disabled Students During School Shootings?

“I always have this fear in the back of my head: Will I be left behind?”

They Lost Their Loved Ones — Then the Conspiracy Theories Started

“What do I do? Do I laugh? Do I cry?”

Students Just Helped Win a Statewide Ban on Assault Weapons

Washington is now the 10th state to enact this kind of ban.

Kids Like Me Shouldn’t Be Reporting on the Death of Kids

The Covenant School shooting happened close to my university.

At Least 3 Children Were Fatally Shot At a Nashville Elementary School

.A shooter opened fire at the Pre-K through 6th grade school

Why It’s So Difficult to Sue Gun Manufacturers

A 2005 law allows the gun industry to avoid accountability.

Congress Is Finally Taking Action on Gun Violence

Young activists say years of work is paying off.

What Happened in Uvalde Makes the Case to Defund Police

"There's never been a clearer demonstration of police ineptitude, dishonesty, failure, and callous disregard for our lives."

Politicians, Try Doing a Single, Solitary Thing

Don’t tell us you’re heartbroken about the Texas elementary school shooting. Act.

How The Fallout Director Megan Park Used Her Early Acting Experiences to Make a Poignant Coming-of-Age Movie

Park wrote and directed HBO's The Fallout, starring Jenna Ortega.

TikToks Show Aftermath of Houston School Shooting

"School is not safe for anybody anymore.”

Teens Deserve a Say in Who Gets to Pick the Next SCOTUS Justice

“Amy Coney Barrett could sit on the Supreme Court for more than half my life.”

This Is What Happens After a School-Shooter Lockdown

“I still can’t get the sound of the urine hitting the plastic and the smell out of my head.”

Teen Vogue's 10 Most Powerful Stories About the Mass Shooting Generation

“It seems as if the kids are the only ones who still have the energy to make change.”

The Booming Business of School Shooter Trainings

There’s little evidence that confronting gunmen works.

School Shootings Are Preventable. So Why Aren’t We Stopping Them?

“These are not sudden, impulsive acts.”