May 25, 2021
America’s gun violence crisis is leaving its mark on multiple
generations of young people, who don’t need to be victims or even
direct witnesses to shootings to suffer lasting harm. That’s the
big takeaway from Children Under Fire: An American
Crisis, a new book by The Washington Post’s John Woodrow Cox.
Why are school districts spending billions to turn campuses into
fortresses, despite a lack of evidence of effectiveness? What’s
been the psychological toll for millions of students who have
endured “lockdowns” on campus? And what questions should reporters
be asking school leaders and policymakers about efforts to reduce
gun violence not just at school but in wider communities?
This episode of EWA Radio originally aired April 20, 2021.