Here's Something You Should Really Read This Weekend
After a school shooting, grief turns into currency almost immediately: First in the service of ratings, and then soon after that into a political bargaining chip. Since 17 people were killed in Parkland, I’ve read (and written) a lot about the gruesome statistics that attend mass acts of violence, interviewed people who have been advocating for the same measures for decades, watched the takes—more guns, fewer guns, different guns—glut cable TV and every publication I read. It’s just like the last time, and also the time before that.