Jihadi Rifle Association

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Jun 13, 2014 Dig deeper

Truthdigger of the Week: William Rivers Pitt

BLANK Jan 25, 2014 Truthout's senior editor and lead columnist howled at gun enthusiasts for their protection and support of the ongoing indiscriminate killing of children. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

School Shootings

Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons Jan 22, 2014 Dig deeper

‘It’s No Different Than a Seatbelt in a Car’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 26, 2013 In addition to bulletproof whiteboards, some U.S. schools are weighing the benefits of adopting uniforms lined with ballistic material that can stop a 9 mm bullet traveling at 400 meters per second. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Not to Prevent a School Shooting

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 What happens when you put police-minded people in charge of schools? Officials take ideas like "bulletproof whiteboards" seriously. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bullets — Not Apples — for South Dakota Teachers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 8, 2013 Upon Gov. Dennis Daugaard's signing of a law Friday, South Dakota appears to be the first state to allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Set Deportation Record

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2013 By 2014, the Obama administration will have deported more people than were expelled from 1892 to 1997; a majority of Californians believe that increasing the number of guidance counselors in schools would be more beneficial for safety than adding armed police officers; and while some see the fall of print journalism as a tragedy, others see it as an opportunity. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Armed Teachers

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Jan 22, 2013 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center:’ Guns and the Naked Fiscal Cliff

Staff / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other panelists discuss the NRA’s call for armed security at schools, violent media’s relationship to gun violence and the push for new gun control legislation on this week’s "Left, Right & Center." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The War Against Teachers in Dark Times

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Dec 18, 2012 It is ironic, in the unfolding nightmare in Newtown, Conn., that only in the midst of tragedy are teachers celebrated in ways that acknowledge the vital role they play every day in both protecting and educating our children. What is repressed in these moments is that teachers have been under attack by right-wing conservatives, religious fundamentalists and centrist Democrats since the beginning of the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Pro-Gun Senators Call for Gun Control, NRA Takes Down Facebook Page, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 18, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the death of one the longest serving US senators and an update on negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff A look at the day's political happenings, including the death of one of the longest-serving U . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Now Is the Time

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 The horror in Newtown, Conn., should shake us out of the cowardice, the fear, the evasion and the opportunism that prevent our political system from acting to curb gun violence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )