MASSACRE

HUFFPOST VIDEO
Students Take Control Of Gun Reform Narrative In Wake Of Florida Shooting
As the shooting unfolded in the Florida high school that left 17 dead, students recorded the carnage on social media in real time. Now, they’re using their voices to demand gun control.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Florida Survivor Demands Action
David Hogg survived the Florida high school shooting. The 17-year-old student is demanding lawmakers take action to prevent further gun violence.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
South Florida High School Massacre
The 18th school shooting of 2018 struck South Florida, leaving at least 17 dead and 15 injured. The suspect, a former student, has been charged with murder.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
YouTube To Remove Bump Stock Tutorial Videos Following Las Vegas Shooting
In wake of the Las Vegas shooting, YouTube says it will remove videos that show how to use bump stocks, the devices that the killer used to increase the rate of fire on semi-automatic weapons.
Senior Sales Staff Mark Warner shows a bump stock installed on an AR-15 rifle at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virgina, on October 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
JIM WATSON via Getty Images
POLITICS
Banning Bump Stocks Is A Mostly Meaningless Gesture, And The NRA Knows It
By Nick Wing
But at least it keeps us from talking about the bigger problem of gun violence in America.
LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs
U.S. NEWS
Fluffy Canine Heroes Show Up To Comfort A Grieving Las Vegas
By Hilary Hanson
"Dogs show unconditional love. They’re good listeners, they’re confidential, they don’t take notes."
VIDEOS
Trump Sticks To The Script On The Armenian Genocide
President Trump failed to properly characterize the Armenian genocide in a statement put out on Monday, in the latest sign that he is not the straight-talking challenger to D.C. logic that he said he would be.
WORLDPOST
Southeast Asian Democracy at the Crossroads
By AsiaToday, Contributor
AsiaToday is a comprehensive global media group that provides ...
RELIGION
Interfaith Response To Massacres
By Deborah J. Levine, Contributor
Award-winning author, Editor-in-Chief of American Diversity Re...
Interfaith services following tragedies like the one in Chattanooga are increasingly common place in the American landscape. These memorial services were held after the shootings in Charleston's church and Orlando's gay nightclub.
POLITICS
Occupy Congress!
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Chris Weigant is a political commentator.
As I write this, a protest is occurring on the floor of the House of Representatives. Democrats, led by John Lewis, Jim Clyburn, Nancy Pelosi (and many others), are staging a "sit-in" to protest Republicans' refusal to even hold a vote on any gun control legislation.
CRIME
Orlando: Rethinking Morality
By Cate Montana, Contributor
Thinker, Author, Explorer
In other words, it means doing everything we possibly can to break down the current obsession with the individual ego "self" and its petty stories and needs and create a more global perspective. As author Rai sums up: "Only when violence in any relationship is seen as a violation of every relationship will it diminish."
CRIME
The Right to Bear Harm
By Samuel C. Spitale, Contributor
Los Angeles-based journalist, storyteller, and humorist
Despite #3 being the only item we can actually impact, the answer is always, inevitably, dumbfoundingly, more guns. Thus
CULTURE & ARTS
Orlando -- My Pulse Still Beats
By Lena Hades, Contributor
ARTIST
All these guys and girls could be my children considering their age. This is the reason why I decided to make a portrait series of all these guys and girls killed in Orlando.
VIDEOS
One Year Since 'The Charleston 9' Were Slain
Patrons of the Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina gathered to remember the 9 black lives killed in a massacre last June. HuffPost was on site to capture their reflections as they continue to grieve their loved ones.
POLITICS
Inaction Cannot Be An Option
By Marian Wright Edelman, Contributor
President, Children's Defense Fund
Since 1963 more than 176,000 children have died from gun violence in America — over three times more than all the soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam War and every external conflict since. Our children have a right to grow up in a caring and decent society that protects their right to live and learn in safety.
CRIME
Tribute To The Orlando Victims
By Lena Hades, Contributor
ARTIST
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez had a humor and warmth that made him a great salesman - and helped him find love, a co-worker said
Gabriela Landazuri Saltos/Huffington Post
LATINO VOICES
LGBTQ Latinxs And Allies Share Heartfelt Messages In Honor Of Orlando Shooting Victims
By Carolina Moreno and Gabriela Landazuri Saltos
"We love you, keep fighting y sigue bailando."
Images of victims and messages are seen at a makeshift memorial to remember the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, outside the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Mike Segar / Reuters
QUEER VOICES
Those Holding 'Anti-Gay' Sentiments Need To Stop Making Things Worse By Expressing Outrage Over The Florida Massacre
By Mark Baer, Contributor
Mediator, Family Law Attorney, Collaborative Law Practitioner,...
Many of those spewing anti-gay rhetoric engage in gaslighting, which “is a form of mental abuse in which a victim is manipulated
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 21: Actor Wilson Cruz arrives at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Barry King/Getty Images)
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LATINO VOICES
Wilson Cruz Says Orlando Shooting Was A ‘Direct Attack On LGBT Latinos’
By Carolina Moreno
The ‘My So-Called Life’ actor said the media shouldn’t “whitewash” the facts.
LATINO VOICES
The Orlando Massacre's Latino Angle Must Not Be Erased
By Tony Varona, Contributor
Professor and academic dean, American University Washington Co...
To these LGBT Latinos/as, gay bars and clubs are sanctuaries of safety, understanding and fellowship with people who look and sound like us, and who live with many of the same challenges that we do.
QUEER VOICES
Dear America, Love is Not Enough, You Need To Be Furious
By Rich Hawkins, Contributor
Pop culture, queer issues and things I find funny
Sending love and prayers and thoughts is fine, but it is not enough. You need to be furious, and you need to send that collective fury to every elected official in your land.
QUEER VOICES
I Blame Hate
By Mischa Haider, Contributor
Trans researcher, mother, writer, and activist.
After the Pulse nightclub massacre, there will be the customary vigils, speeches, and rainbow processions, vows of solidarity, and then the predictable return to business as usual. I am left wondering, amid all the prayers and mourning, wherein lies the responsibility and who is to blame?
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