Rowan Moore Gerety

Florida schools have ramped up "code red drills" in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting. One teacher plans to post footage of the drills online to build support for more restrictive gun laws.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students Walk Out In Protest 1 Month After Deadly Shooting

Rowan Moore Gerety

One month after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students around the country walked out of school in a call for action against school shootings.

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The Fragmented Forests Of Madagascar

Rowan Moore Gerety

Madagascar is home to plants and animals found nowhere else, but their habitats are disappearing. This story was reported with support from the environmental news service Mongabay.

Luis Gonzalez, John Broughton's grandfather, says that as John got older, he saw his grandson consumed by the violence that surrounded him.

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Tracing Gun Violence Through 3 Generations Of A Family

Rowan Moore Gerety

Violent crime has been going down over the past few decades, but for some families, it still defines their daily lives as they cope with shootings and their aftermath.

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Teaching Middle-Schoolers Climate Change Without Terrifying Them

Rowan Moore Gerety

One science teacher in Miami knows how sea-level rise could affect her students' lives when they are her age. She is determined to teach them to take that seriously, with optimism.

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Orange County Sheriff's Office Releases Information About Orlando Shooting

Rowan Moore Gerety

New details about what happened inside the club were made public. A law enforcement agency has released records of what dispatchers heard from deputies on the scene and 911 callers trapped inside.

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Wildfires Hit Northwest Tribal Lands Particularly Hard

Rowan Moore Gerety

Firefighters first priority is life and property, but some tribal members have wondered why protecting some kinds of property — like farms and even second homes — come before tribal forest land.