Politics & Policy
January 18, 2024
The DOJ Report on the Uvalde Shooting Reiterates Widespread Failures
U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland said the response to the massacre cost lives.
Mass Shooting
Politics & Policy
July 28, 2023
Her Daughter Was Killed in Uvalde. Now She’s Running for Mayor.
Kimberly Mata-Rubio says after the tragedy, Uvalde remains a divided community—she wants to change that.
Art
July 13, 2023
The Texas Artist You Hope to Never Meet
Self-trained muralist Roberto Marquez creates public art after mass shootings and other tragedies. Unfortunately for everyone, he’s been very busy.
Sports
June 1, 2023
The Haunting Cross-country Journey of Austin FC Fans’ Uvalde Memorial Banners
Supporters have unfurled the anti–gun violence flags at soccer matches after mass shootings in Texas, Nashville, and Louisville.
Politics & Policy
May 11, 2023
Since the Lege Has Been in Session, There’ve Been Eighteen Mass Shootings in Texas
The gun bills most likely to pass aren’t restrictions but those that further protect firearm ownership.
Politics & Policy
May 8, 2023
Whenever Texans Die in Mass Shootings, Greg Abbott Likes to Talk About Immigration
After the latest bloodbaths in Allen and Cleveland, the governor turned to a familiar playbook of deflection.
Uvalde
May 7, 2023
Amor Eterno
One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office. A year in the life of a grieving mother.
News & Politics
October 28, 2022
Uvalde Revolts
The South Texas town’s ongoing protests in the wake of the Robb Elementary shooting hold echoes of Uvalde’s 1970s protest movement against racial inequities.
True Crime
March 18, 2020
The Aftermath
In 1978, an eighth grader killed his teacher. After 20 months in a psychiatric facility, he was freed. His classmates still wonder: What really happened?
Books
March 6, 2020
Excerpt: ‘Sutherland Springs: God, Guns, and Hope in a Small Texas Town,’ by Joe Holley
In an exclusive first look at his new book, journalist Joe Holley revisits the terrible morning when mayhem descended on a rural Texas church.
Politics & Policy
January 7, 2020
The White Settlement Shooting and When It’s Okay to Politicize a Tragedy
Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick were quick to find a self-serving narrative in the shooting at a church last week.
Politics & Policy
September 10, 2019
Dan Patrick Is a Sworn Enemy of Gun Control, So Why Is He Proposing Background Checks Now?
The lieutenant governor’s pledge to “take an arrow” from the NRA is a surprise, but the move is not as politically risky as it looks.
Politics & Policy
September 4, 2019
The Governor Wants “Expedited Executions” For Mass Shooters. But Who Would That Deter?
Of the four major mass shooting suspects in Texas in recent years, the only one it would impact is the man who wants to die as soon as possible.
Politics & Policy
September 3, 2019
Video Games and Godless Hearts: The Texas Gun Debate Is at a Depressing Dead End
What politicians like Matt Schaefer are really saying is that no number of victims is worth the discomfort of a fairly small number of gun owners.
News & Politics
August 6, 2019
Kacey Musgraves Speaks Out On Gun Reform at Lollapalooza
During her set at the Chicago music festival, the pop-country star decried last weekend’s mass shootings.
Politics & Policy
August 6, 2019
What the Shooter and Trump Don’t Understand About My Hometown of El Paso
What the rest of the country will see in the days to come is a city of resilience, compassion, and honesty.
Politics & Policy
August 3, 2019
‘El Paso Is Beautiful’: El Pasoans Come Together and Reach Out in a Day of Terror
At a jam-packed blood bank, El Pasoans said they were proud of their hometown and expressed dismay that an outsider could wreak such havoc on their city—one of the safest in the country.
News & Politics
August 3, 2019
The Shooting at an El Paso Walmart Is One of the Deadliest in Modern U.S. History
One of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history took place on Saturday afternoon.
Politics & Policy
June 20, 2019
How Did the Dallas Courthouse Gunman Get Radicalized?
Brian Clyde, who was killed at the Earl Cabell Federal Building on Monday, swam in the dark waters of internet troll culture.
Being Texan
April 24, 2019
Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High
Sabika Sheikh, a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan with dreams of changing the world, struck up an unlikely friendship with an evangelical Christian girl. The two became inseparable—until the day a fellow student opened fire.
News & Politics
May 20, 2018
No, the Santa Fe Shooting Won’t Lead to Stronger Gun Control
If activists want to make headway on reining in gun violence, they need to understand gun culture.
News & Politics
May 18, 2018
Everything We Know About the Shooting at Santa Fe High School
The 22nd school shooting of 2018 happened on Friday morning near Galveston.
Politics & Policy
May 5, 2018
At Dallas NRA Convention, Sutherland Springs Used to Promote ‘Good Guy With a Gun’
But did the elected officials who spoke there realize that their arguments suggested at least one type of gun control?
The Daily Post
November 6, 2017
How to Help Victims in Sutherland Springs
The tragic mass shooting has left many feeling powerless. Here are a few ways to contribute.
Politics & Policy
October 11, 2017
Are We Misdiagnosing the Cause of Gun Violence?
Guest column: Let’s stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings.
Texas History
October 9, 2017
UT Tower Victims Reflect on the Shooting in Las Vegas
Half a century after the 1966 UT tower massacre, mass shootings have only become more common.
Politics & Policy
May 21, 2017
The Empathy of David Brown
When a gunman opened fire during a protest in Dallas last summer, killing five people, it was the city’s police chief who knew the words a rattled country needed to hear. In fact, he knew them all too well.
The Daily Post
September 26, 2016
Everything We Know About The Shooting In Houston
Nine people were injured, and the gunman was killed.
News & Politics
August 18, 2016
A Different Beat
On the heels of tragedy, community policing in Dallas remains as valuable as ever.
The Daily Post
July 13, 2016
Obama Echoed Dallas Leaders’ Calls To Take Racial Inequality Seriously
It’s possible, and necessary, to mourn for the victims of police brutality, the slain officers and address America's racism.
The Daily Post
July 12, 2016
Mark Hughes and the Right to Bear Arms
When the Dallas Police Department posted Mark Hughes's picture during the mass police shooting, they made him a target.
News & Politics
May 16, 2016
The Reckoning
Fifty years ago, when Claire Wilson was eighteen, she was critically wounded during the 1966 UT Tower shooting. How does the path of a bullet change a life?
The Daily Post
January 15, 2015
A Gun Rights Organization Staged a Re-Enactment of the “Charlie Hebdo” Shooting
How would the French cartoonists have done if they’d been armed with rifles instead of pens?
Texas History
August 31, 1996
A Whitman Sampler
Thirty years later, the legacy of Charles Whitman’s shooting spree at the University of Texas still towers above us.
News & Politics
December 1, 1991
A Round Per Second
Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any pumpkins; they would have shown vividly the violence these guns could do. But we didn’t let that slight disappointment stop us. At a remote rifle range, we blasted away. Or, to be precise, I blasted away, as my two friends, a law enforcement officer and
True Crime
July 31, 1986
The Madman on the Tower
In a ninety-minute reign of terror, gunshots rang out that still echo in the history of Texas.
True Crime
March 1, 1983
Blood of the Lamb
A high school teacher shot up the First Baptist Church in the East Texas steel town of Daingerfield, and the agony lasted longer than anyone could have imagined.