The NRA lead a recent effort to kill a proposed law that 91% of Americans supported. Here’s what happened when one journalist tried to ask them why.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/this-is-how-the-nra-handles-reporters-2
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) dropped one talking point too many for Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn’s liking during a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, so the good officer decided to set the record straight.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/a-grandstanding-senator-decided-to-tell-a-cop-how-to-do-his-job-big-mistake
Val Demings isn’t just important because she was the first do something. How she did it matters. And so do her phenomenal results.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/she-was-one-of-7-kids-her-parents-had-no-idea-what-she-would-grow-up-to-become
Shades of orange represent homicides, shades of blue represent suicides. It comes as no surprise that the weapon of choice in the vast majority of violent deaths is a gun. This is not something we can afford to ignore anymore, or explain away with a dismissive “a gun is just a tool, man!” In order for a gun to be a tool, it has to have a use other than killing. As far as I know, it doesn’t.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/the-undeniable-problem-with-guns-in-one-quick-chart
There’s a widely held assumption that hiring more security guards (with guns!) will solve violence and other problems in our schools. After one school churned through five principals in seven years and become known as a “dropout factory,” a principal decided to turn that idea on its head. The results are absolutely miraculous.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/the-surprisingly-simple-staff-change-that-totally-turned-one-school-around-5
Jamie DeWolf, storyteller, has a pretty personal one to share. It involves a child abduction and abuse case, but I urge you to listen all the way through. It’s a hard listen, but an important one.
To keep informed on what is being done to protect children from abduction, please Like the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Facebook.
UPDATE: Jamie wrote the following on his facebook wall since we published this:
“Since the release of the story, I’ve talked to people who were on the search teams marching through the hills and reporters who interviewed the Wolf face to face, and heard parts of his sickening confession from his mouth. He was worse than you can imagine. Old neighbors have messaged me who still remember the little girl who was always walking by herself.
But more importantly, the 8 year old girl who escaped is named Midsi. 15 years later, she’s grown up and now works for a missing children center and the Polly Klaas Foundation. Which is incredible. Someone posted this performance on her FB wall, and to be honest I was terrified it would be traumatizing to hear. She said, “I want to shake this man’s hand…feeling blessed.” Now I’m hoping to meet her all these years later in person. It’s a heavy thing, but thank you to everyone for helping make that happen. Let’s share this more, show it folks who haven’t seen it, it matters.”
