Post-Sandy Hook: Bulletproof Whiteboards Used By Schools For Protection

The products are a godsend for some, yet others are targeting the company for profiting off tragedy.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

In 2003, a 17-year-old student in a rural Minnesota community walked into his high school armed with a .22 caliber pistol and hunted down two of his classmates, killing one with a shot to the head and another with a shot to the chest. Ten years after the carnage caused by Jason McLaughlin, who has since been sentenced to life in prison, the

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Child Hunger: On Full Display In Greece, But No Less Serious In The US

Leonidas Nikas is an elementary school principal in Greece. Recently, he has noticed something he wholeheartedly thought was impossible in his country — children bent over in hunger pains; children pleading to each other for food; children scouring trash cans for anything edible. “Not in my wildest dreams would I expect to see the situation […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Leonidas Nikas is an elementary school principal in Greece. Recently, he has noticed something he wholeheartedly thought was impossible in his country -- children bent over in hunger pains; children pleading to each other for food; children scouring trash cans for anything edible. “Not in my wildest dreams would I expect to see the situation we are

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Gun Votes Carry Big Risks For Dems In Rural States

There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday’s showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers. The four Democrats who voted against broader background checks are from largely rural states that voted heavily against President Barack Obama last fall. Three of the four […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers. The four Democrats who voted against broader background checks are from largely rural states that voted heavily against President Barack Obama last fall. Three of the

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LA Teachers Report Rats, Bugs in Classrooms — Breakfast Program To Blame?

Each day, more than 200,000 impoverished elementary school students throughout Los Angeles have access to free, nutritious meals. The meals are made possible by the broader Breakfast in Classrooms (BIC) program, funded by a bevy of private companies, including Wal-Mart. The program provides 25 million kids across the U.S. with healthy meals. Now, a record […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Each day, more than 200,000 impoverished elementary school students throughout Los Angeles have access to free, nutritious meals. The meals are made possible by the broader Breakfast in Classrooms (BIC) program, funded by a bevy of private companies, including Wal-Mart. The program provides 25 million kids across the U.S. with healthy meals. Now, a

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Gun Control Backers: Senate Defeat Won’t Stop Us

President Barack Obama and his gun control allies say Senate rejection of expanded background checks and other restrictions won’t stop their drive to reduce firearms violence. But their path to enacting gun curbs this year seems blocked by the National Rifle Association, and supporters of restrictions appear befuddled about what it will take to push […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

President Barack Obama and his gun control allies say Senate rejection of expanded background checks and other restrictions won't stop their drive to reduce firearms violence. But their path to enacting gun curbs this year seems blocked by the National Rifle Association, and supporters of restrictions appear befuddled about what it will take to

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Of Marathoners And Murderers

In Francis Ford Coppola’s sublime cinematic masterpiece “Apocalypse Now,” a general who will soon order the film’s protagonist on a mission of dubious moral character reflects upon the nature of human violence. In its simplicity, said to hard men sitting around a supper table who themselves are used to ordering and inflicting death, the line […]

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

In Francis Ford Coppola’s sublime cinematic masterpiece “Apocalypse Now,” a general who will soon order the film’s protagonist on a mission of dubious moral character reflects upon the nature of human violence. In its simplicity, said to hard men sitting around a supper table who themselves are used to ordering and inflicting death, the line

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