“The Lockdown Generation”: U.S. Children Facing Mass Shootings And The Effect On Their Mental Health
The tragedy that overwhelmed the community of Uvalde happens often in the U.S. The millions of American children now taught to prepare for shootings are being called the “lockdown generation.” More than 95 percent of public schools practice these lockdown…
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Officials Crack Down On Baby Formula Price Gouging
A crackdown on what officials call “unconscionable” costs comes as out-of-stock rates for baby formula hit new highs at 70 percent. Wisconsin’s Governor issues an emergency order prohibiting price gouging, while New York’s attorney general threatens several dozen retailers with…
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Uvalde Elementary Schoolers Kept Calling 911 For Help As Police Were Instructed To Not Engage
Chief of police for the school district, Pete Arredondo, reportedly told federal agents not to engage with the gunman. Sources say federal agents waited 30 minutes before overruling Arredondo’s guidance to not engage with the gunman as 911 calls from…
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NRA convention attendees discuss gun reform in wake of Texas shooting
Most Americans support gun reform measures, including universal background checks and red flag laws, according to 2019 poll.
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PBS News Weekend full episode, May 28, 2022
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the latest on the Uvalde school shooting and law enforcement’s stunning string of failures in responding to the massacre. Then, will the horrific attacks in Uvalde and Buffalo push Congress to take action on gun…
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Devastated Uvalde families demand answers on police response
Days after the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, devastated families continue to demand answers, after officials admit they did not act quickly enough. Brian Higgins, a professor of disaster management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a…
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A mother whose daughter died in a 2012 mass shooting shares message with Uvalde parents
Nearly 10 years after her daughter Jessi was killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, Sandy Phillips is visiting yet another mass shooting site. Since her daughter and 11 others were killed in July 2012, Phillips has traveled the country…
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As pressure mounts after string of mass shootings, will Republicans agree to gun reforms?
Thousands of people have been killed by guns in the U.S. so far this year and there have been 216 mass shootings, including in Buffalo and Uvalde. Calls for new gun safety laws often follow these tragedies, but Washington has…
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