Tag: Parkland

Young People Keep Marching After Parkland, This Time to Register to Vote Image

The following article by Michael Tacket and Rachel Sorey was posted on the New York Times website May 20, 2018:

Student volunteers registering their classmates to vote at Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Va., last month. Credit: Erin Schaff for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The pace of new voter registrations among young people in crucial states is accelerating, a signal that school shootings this year — and the anger and political organizing in their wake — may prove to be more than ephemeral displays of activism.

They could even help shape the outcome of the midterm elections. If voters in their teens and 20s vote in greater numbers than usual, as many promised during nationwide marches for gun control this spring, the groundswell could affect close races in key states like Arizona and Florida, where there will be competitive races for governor, the Senate and a number of House districts in November. Continue reading “Young People Keep Marching After Parkland, This Time to Register to Vote Image”

Parkland survivor: Trump ‘owned’ by NRA just like other politicians

The following article by Jacqueline Thomsen was posted on the Hill website March 11, 2018:

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President Trump after the White House unveiled new gun proposals on Sunday, saying that Trump walking back his calls for certain gun measures shows that “he’s owned” by the National Rifle Association (NRA), just like other politicians.

“Because of the NRA lobbying on Trump, I’m glad to see that he did take action, and he did seem to take steps in the right direction,” Hogg said Sunday on CNN. Continue reading “Parkland survivor: Trump ‘owned’ by NRA just like other politicians”