Every year, hundreds of children in the US gain access to guns and shoot themselves or someone else.
We #WearOrange to spread awareness about the importance of secure gun storage—storing guns unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition.
“The 2013 legislative package also invested in pre-K programs, targeting low-income areas. Mississippi made the calculated decision to offer high-quality full-day programs, with qualified teachers paid at the same rate as elementary school staff”
What an uplifting piece by @NickKristof on Mississippi's striking educational gains. Really worth worth reckoning with for what it means for the rest of the country. https://t.co/haZYGsLnfr
My two-year-old is either really pumped for the @celtics and @jasontatum0 (“Jason Potato,” in our house), OR he saw a firetruck with ladders on both sides. 🤷🏼♀️
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population. https://t.co/zJdP8eHtQW
John Fetterman just asked the Silicon Valley Bank CEO if there should be work requirements for CEOs who crash banks and dear reader, I almost fell out of my chair.
The story of a mother who sprinted, barefoot, to Robb elementary and begged to sit with her murdered 10-yr old daughter so she wouldn't be alone.
Don't look away from this story. One year since Uvalde:
https://t.co/3tEQyPQDbl
The same Texas billionaire who treated Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to lavish vacations paid private boarding school tuition for Thomas’s grandnephew, a boy the justice has said he raised as a son, according to a new report which said Thomas did not disclose the payments. https://t.co/DHjHBVzWZW
The man who shot them had previously been arrested in Clayton and Henry counties in Georgia. He was discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard in January, but the reason is unclear.
Georgia does not require background checks or permit to buy and own a gun. https://t.co/BAV2IJUuSi