'What might we become if only we’d listen': After Uvalde, America’s National Youth Poet Laureate called for hope.
— 20 of them first graders. It should always shock us that a gunman opened fire on first graders, their mouths still full of baby teeth, their fingers still being held up to assist their counting, their little bodies still desperate for naps after school. But Sandy Hook didn’t shock us enough, and now, we have Uvalde, where 19 children didn’t return home.
has brought into our consciousness. It requires faith. It requires community investment. It requires much more than voting, though, of course, casting a ballot can be a tool in the arsenal of community engagement. It requires bravery in the face of rampant cowardice.
Conservatives are unwilling to name as the culprit our nearly unfettered access to firearms without universal background checks. Because conservatives are unwilling to name as the culprit our nearly unfettered access to firearms without universal background checks, we’re doomed to repeat this nightmare until there’s enough political momentum to change the reality. In the few days since the shooter killed 21 people, we’ve heard calls for better mental health services coming from the same Texas officials who
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