Supreme Court Considers Gun Regulation Case
Few topics can spark a debate faster than the issue of gun regulation. So you might think that several cases involving gun regulation must have been heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, right? Wrong. In fact, the Supreme Court has ruled decisively on the issue of guns only twice in modern times. But now, it’s […]
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Plant a Tree, Save a Life? We all know that trees are important, right? They remove carbon dioxide from the air, provide us with oxygen to breathe, and give us shade on hot summer days. Studies show that trees also provide us with health benefits by lowering our rates of stress and heart disease. But […]
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A Plan for Peace and Safety After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day in 2018, students across the United States came together to protest gun violence. On March 24, 2018, the group marched on Washington, D.C., with over 880 sister marches taking place at the same […]
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Responding to Tragedy Last week, btw brought you the story of dual mass shootings that occurred within less than a day of each other in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and left at least 31 people dead. Gun safety advocates had hoped that the twin tragedies would spark renewed interest in gun safety legislation, […]
29 Dead in Dual Mass Shootings
In a weekend of shocking bloodshed, two mass shootings occurred this past weekend within less than a day of each other: first in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday morning, followed just thirteen hours later by another one in Dayton, Ohio. These mark the 250th and 251st mass shootings that have occurred in the United States […]
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Medical Fraud Scam Unveiled You’ve probably already heard about the recent college admissions scandal that rocked U.S. higher education. But last week, 24 people also were arrested in connection with another scandal that was far more lucrative (though decidedly less glamorous): medical braces. Here’s what happened: call centers in Latin America and the Philippines called […]
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Next Steps for FIRST STEP? In February, Election Central took a look at the new FIRST STEP Act, which was signed into law by the president on December 21, 2018, and seeks to reform the current U.S. prison system in the hopes of lowering the rate of recidivism (the rate at which people who have […]
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Goodbye Mrs. Bush Barbara Bush, the former First Lady and the father of President George W. Bush, died last Tuesday at the couple’s home in Houston, Texas. She was 92 years old. Her death was caused by lung disease and congestive heart failure. Despite her failing health, she had decided not to seek further treatment […]
March For Our Lives
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the March For Our Lives protest event that happened across the country on Saturday, March 24. More than 800 protests occurred in every U.S. state, and on every continent except Antarctica. The nationwide March For Our Lives event was organized by students, spearheaded by the […]
Students Walk Out
Wednesday, March 14 was the one-month anniversary of the school massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of fourteen students and three teachers. In response–and inspired by the Parkland survivors who have come forward to demand improved gun safety laws–thousands of students nationwide chose to walk out of […]