Opinion: Coverage of Brooklyn shooting ignores lessons of previous mass shootings
Mainstream media coverage following last week's Brooklyn shooting has failed readers on multiple counts, focusing on the alleged attacker rather than the victims and failing to use trigger warnings.
Steph Wittstruck, Contributing Writer
• April 18, 2022
Gun control has a racist past
The March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado, reignited conversations around gun control. However, many of these conversations overlook how gun control legislation has been used as a tool to suppress Black revolutionary movements.
Srishti Bungle, Contributing Writer
• April 5, 2021
The Red Flag Law Doesn’t Do Enough
Despite being hailed as a progressive achievement, New York State’s new gun control law isn’t enough to stop gun violence.
Noah Friend, Staff Writer
• September 2, 2019
Hundreds Protest Gun Violence in Washington Square Park
Kristina Hayhurst and Sarah Jackson
• April 20, 2018
College of Nursing Signs Letter Advocating for Gun Control
Natasha Roy, Managing Editor-at-Large
• March 5, 2018
How Terrorist Attacks Affect Your Concert Experience
Megan O’Brien, Contributing Writer
• March 2, 2018
Stoneman Douglas Tragedy Shakes NYU
In the wake of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, members of the NYU community have come together to grieve and work toward gun law reform.
Caroline Haskins and Mack DeGeurin
• February 26, 2018
Public Safety Tests Alert System to Prepare for Possible Emergency
Christine Lee, Staff Writer
• February 23, 2018
What Is NYU’s Emergency Protocol for Mass Shootings?
Jemima McEvoy, Deputy News Editor
• December 6, 2016
Campuses must be made safer after Paris attacks
Tegan Joseph Mosugu, Staff Writer
• December 8, 2015
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