True Crime
May 18, 2020
The Santa Fe High School Shooting’s Uncounted Victims
Two years after the shooting left ten dead and thirteen injured, survivors like Isabelle Laymance and their families are still dealing with the aftermath.
School Shootings
The Stand Up Desk
March 18, 2020
From the Editor, April 2020: The Hunger to Know
Robert Draper, like the people he interviewed for this month's cover story, is driven by a need to understand the past.
True Crime
March 18, 2020
The School Shooting That Austin Forgot
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?
News & Politics
July 30, 2018
Texas Schools Arresting More of Their Students After Parkland and Santa Fe School Shootings
A report by Texas Appleseed shows that schools are falling back on a zero-tolerance approach that has proven to be harmful to students.
The Daily Post
October 6, 2016
A Teacher In Grand Prairie Has Been Placed on Adminstrative Leave After Telling His Students To Google Him
There were news reports online that he had once been arrested for allegedly threatening that he was "capable of doing things along the line of what" happened in Newtown, Connecticut.
True Crime
August 2, 2016
96 Minutes
At 11:48 a.m. on August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman began firing his rifle from the top of the University of Texas Tower at anyone and everyone in his sights. At 1:24 p.m., he was gunned down himself. The lives of the people who witnessed the sniper’s spree firsthand would never
The Daily Post
October 22, 2015
A Texas A&M Student Was Arrested For Posting An Anonymous Shooting Threat On Yik Yak
Don’t post anonymous shooting threats.
The Daily Post
December 17, 2013
Is It Possible to Prepare Teachers and Students For School Shooting Situations Without Traumatizing Them?
An emergency response drill that simulated a lockdown situation at an Austin middle school has parents trying to understand what happened.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
No More “Ted Nugent’s Gun Country” on the Discovery Channel
Unlike the NRA, “Uncle Ted” did not go quiet or show any signs of softening his stance on guns after last week’s Newtown shooting.
January 21, 2013
Confusion Reigns: Parents Question Officers Use of Lethal Force
Jaime Gonzalez Jr.'s parents don't understand why Brownsville officers shot their son three times, but a 911 reveals that police asked the eighth-grader to drop his gun several times.