In a perverse turn of events, Highland Park’s commemoration of Independence Day on Monday was shrouded by the horror of yet another American mass shooting — the 306th fatal shooting to take place in the country since the beginning of 2022. What had begun as an annual Fourth of July parade soon devolved into chaos […]
Editor’s Note: After an eight hour manhunt, the alleged mass shooter was apprehended Monday evening in Lake Forest. Law enforcement is still managing the site, and numerous businesses and roads are closed in Highland Park. A seventh fatality, age unknown, was confirmed Tuesday afternoon. A shooter is still at large following a mass shooting in […]
The North Shore community came out in full force at Wear Orange, an anti-gun-violence 5K and event Sunday, June 5, in Indian Hill Park in Winnetka. The family friendly event was organized by Moms Demand Action NorthShore along with Students Demand Action factions from New Trier High School and Northwestern University. The event started with a 5K […]
On May 25, Washington Post Live hosted a discussion on Youth Mental Health with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Miana Bryant, founder of The Mental Elephant, and Anna King, president of the National Parent Teacher Association. The discussion was planned in part due to a recent report from the U.S. Surgeon General that […]
Editor’s Note, July 5, 2022: Yesterday a gunman killed at least seven people and injured over 35 in Highland Park, Illinois during a Fourth of July parade. This mass shooting is close to home for many on the Better team. Read our latest article on ways to help the community, victims and injured. A friend […]
In 2015, after working in D.C. as President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary, Arne Duncan returned home to Chicago. In a house just two blocks from where he grew up in Hyde Park, Duncan wasted no time in getting back to work. This time, to confront Chicago’s most critical crisis: gun violence. “Chicago has given me […]
Last Saturday morning, during a peaceful Shabbat service at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation, 11 innocent lives were lost. A man opened fire inside the Synagogue yelling, “All Jews must die.” Gunman Robert Bowers was armed with an assault rifle and at least three handguns, attacking for 20 minutes straight. The deadly assault killed 11 people and injured […]
Every day, 96 Americans are killed by gun violence, totaling more than 35,000 gun deaths per year. One in three people in the U.S. knows someone who has been shot and one in five U.S. teenagers (ages 14-17) report having witnessed a shooting. June 1 marks National Gun Violence Awareness Day. For some it’s just […]
On Saturday, March 24, an estimated 800,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to gun violence during March For Our Lives. Organized by the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the D.C. march was the largest of more than 800 around the world and crowded […]
On Feb. 14, a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people. The accused, Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at Stoneman Douglas, is believed to have legally purchased the AR-15 used to carry out the attack, despite his history of violence and mental illness. This tragedy marks […]
