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Reuters The Value of Failing
A new research center at Columbia University is committed to figuring out how to turn failure into success.
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Terry Spencer / AP The Post-Parkland Unity Is Officially Over
The national student-activist movement is dealing with fractures—but that could mean it’s stronger than ever.
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Sait Serkan Gurbuz / AP Madeleine Albright: Trump Is 'The Least Democratic President of Modern History'
The modern world provides a "petri dish" for fascism, the former secretary of state argues.
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motherimage / Getty The Family Weekly: Protecting Kids—But Not Too Much
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AP The Family Weekly: Inheriting the Past, Facing the Future
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Winslow Townson / AP The Family Weekly
Highlights from this week’s coverage on relationships and family life
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AP The Family Weekly: Welcome to The Atlantic's Family Section
Highlights from this week’s coverage on relationships and family life
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Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters The Forever Aftermath of a Mass Shooting
Americans affected by gun violence talk about trauma, grieving, and intermittent hope.
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David Goldman / AP My Life Since the 2015 Emanuel AME Church Shooting: Melvin Graham's Story
“Churches. Concerts. Where can you go that you're not going to be the victim of mass violence? And schools. What's left?”
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Rick Bowmer / AP My Life Since the 2012 Sandy Hook Shooting: Alissa Parker's Story
“The way I parented changed, and the way I saw the world. It’s taken some time to see the balance again—that it’s not so bleak and hopeless, that there is so much goodness to be seen.”
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Jessica Hill / AP My Life Since the 2012 Sandy Hook Shooting: Scarlett Lewis's Story
“I decided following Jesse’s murder that I would take my part of the responsibility for what happened to my son.”
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Chris Keane / Reuters My Life Since the 2007 Virginia Tech Shooting: Lisa Hamp's Story
“In four years my daughter goes to kindergarten. What if I don’t have confidence that she’s safe?”
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Eric Gay / AP My Life Since the 1999 Columbine Shooting: Heather Martin's Story
“Sometimes it’s really hard for me to connect with people who lost loved ones, because I keep thinking, ‘I’m the living reminder.’”
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Gerald Herbert / AP My Life Since the 1992 Simon's Rock Shooting
“It’s easy to feel like Americans will just never give up their guns.”
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters What Will the Nationwide School Walkouts Accomplish?
They won't immediately prompt congressional action on gun control, but they’re vital to activists' momentum.
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Lynne Sladky / AP Why DeVos's Parkland Visit Failed
Many students criticized the secretary of education for what they saw as a short and insincere visit.
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MediaPunch / AP The Power of Grief-Fueled Activism
The Parkland students’ turn to political action may seem fast—but protest can be an important expression of grief.
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Wilfredo Lee / AP Another School Shooting—But Who’s Counting?
Seventeen people were killed in an attack on Wednesday. America’s inability to track gun violence is standing in the way of preventing the next one.
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Charlie Riedel / AP How to Parent an Olympic Athlete
A new book gathers tips from a town that’s sent a competitor to almost every Winter Olympics for the past 30 years.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Trump Didn't Say About Education
Experts aren’t surprised by the president’s failure to mention it in his State of the Union.
