Tag: mass shootings

Preventing anti-Semitism deserves more than a hashtag

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Denouncing anti-Semitism must go beyond a hashtag to make real change. Within hours of the Oct. 27 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, my social media channels were flooded with the hashtag #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism, which was prominently trending on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat,...

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Parkland shooting shows power of youth political engagement

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Youth political engagement is something that’s seemingly encouraged by everyone, but the past couple weeks have proven to us that politicians are willing to undermine the younger generation when they argue against their views.  On Feb. 14, a shooter killed 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman...

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A trigger warning for Canada

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Relaxing Canadian gun control laws and increasing access to lethal weaponry is wading into unsafe waters. On October 1, a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon ended 10 lives. The national and international response of outrage regarding the United States’ lack of gun control legislation...

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QJPolitics: Class a factor in mass shootings

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On Dec. 14, 2012, a lone gunman entered Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT and murdered 20 children and six school personnel. In a country used to mass shootings, Sandy Hook touched a nerve. The scale of the crime and the nature of the victims were so tragic that Barack Obama took the opportunity...

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