. There is the profound mental and emotional burden for those who have been through a school shooting, or are waiting for the day that it happens to them, too. There are the rallying cries of the Parkland activists, and of the activists in minority communities who were fighting for an end to the scourge of gun violence long before anyone had heard of the March for Our Lives.has tried to tell all of those stories.
Here are our editors’ picks of our most powerful stories about gun violence from a generation that has had and said enough.Just weeks after 17 students and faculty were shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, a group of Parkland students and other teen gun violence activists from all across the country convened at’s offices in New York.
As González put it in her cover story: “After all of this pain and all of this death caused by gun violence, it seems as if the kids are the only ones who still have the energy to make change.”While it was important to see that people were paying attention to the Parkland tragedy and the survivors calling for gun reform, this piece put a much-needed spotlight on the youth who have long been attached to the cause.
A year after Parkland, Lucy Diavolo reported on the future as much as the past: how much has gun violence activism changed in a year, but also, where are the areas where legislation is most impactful in stopping mass shootings, and what is the fruit of that policy change going forward? This guide to gun prevention laws provides a well-rounded look at what's in progress and what is left to do.