"Why are we here?" Sen. Murphy presses fellow senators in emotional speech after Texas elementary school shooting.
"I am here on this floor, to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues ... find a way to pass laws that make this less likely."
In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory. It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don’t shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren’t damaged; they’re strengthened, matured, humbled. US needs to do same re slavery. Not that complicated.
There's legislation in California to shorten the workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours without a reduction in pay, which would be the most transformative labor legislation in our generation, and it should be bigger news... but it barely made a headline.
Our hearts go out to the Oxford Schools community tonight. The loss of life and emotional turmoil is unimaginable and we are devastated for the families impacted.