school shootings
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.
By P. Claire Dodson and Alyssa Hardy
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.
By Angela Lian
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.
By Norah Krause and Grant Cramer
Gun Violence Is Officially a Public Health Crisis. What Does That Actually Mean?
“This is a huge deal."
By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th
What Happens to Disabled Students During School Shootings?
“I always have this fear in the back of my head: Will I be left behind?”
By Marianne Dhenin
They Lost Their Loved Ones — Then the Conspiracy Theories Started
“What do I do? Do I laugh? Do I cry?”
By Fortesa Latifi
Students Just Helped Win a Statewide Ban on Assault Weapons
Washington is now the 10th state to enact this kind of ban.
By Natalya McConnell
Kids Like Me Shouldn’t Be Reporting on the Death of Kids
The Covenant School shooting happened close to my university.
By Aaditi Lele
At Least 3 Children Were Fatally Shot At a Nashville Elementary School
.A shooter opened fire at the Pre-K through 6th grade school
By Lex McMenamin
Why It’s So Difficult to Sue Gun Manufacturers
A 2005 law allows the gun industry to avoid accountability.
By Rep. Adam Schiff, Sofia Ongele, Sam Shlafstein, Sam Schmir, and Jack Petocz
Congress Is Finally Taking Action on Gun Violence
Young activists say years of work is paying off.
By Davis Giangiulio
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."
By Olayemi Olurin
Politicians, Try Doing a Single, Solitary Thing
Don’t tell us you’re heartbroken about the Texas elementary school shooting. Act.
By Fortesa Latifi
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.
By P. Claire Dodson
TikToks Show Aftermath of Houston School Shooting
"School is not safe for anybody anymore.”
By Lex McMenamin
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.”
By Alanna Miller
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.”
By Gowri Abhinanda
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.”
By Allegra Kirkland
The Booming Business of School Shooter Trainings
There’s little evidence that confronting gunmen works.
By Sylvia Varnham O’Regan
School Shootings Are Preventable. So Why Aren’t We Stopping Them?
“These are not sudden, impulsive acts.”
By Zach Schermele