Demands for gun restrictions have followed one mass shooting after another, but little has changed. This time, the students who survived are leading the charge.
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🎧 The Daily: Mental Health and Mass Shootings | The New York Times
President Trump has focused on mental health, rather than weapons, after the mass shooting in Florida. But mental illness is rarely the cause of gun violence.
What a fantastic look at guns and the “mental health” issue.
🎧 The Daily: Russian Trolls’ Favorite Weapon | The New York Times
The indictment secured by the special counsel makes it clear that Facebook was used extensively in the campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. How did Russia do it?
🎧 The Daily: An Endless War | The New York Times
Four American soldiers were ambushed by militants in a remote desert in Niger in October. It was all part of a shadowy war going back to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
🎧 The Daily: The Russia Indictment, and the Trump Response | The New York Times
The special counsel’s charges against 13 Russians reveal a sophisticated plot to turn Americans against one another — one that seems to still be working.
🎧 The Daily: The Gun Behind So Many Mass Shootings | The New York Times
The AR-15 assault rifle used in Parkland, Fla., this week was purchased legally, officials said. How did a weapon designed for warfare become easier to buy than a handgun?
🎧 The Daily: Trump’s Immigration Plan | The New York Times
The president wants merit-based migration. But what counts as merit? We also report on the shooting at a Florida school in which at least 17 people died.