In 'Uvalde Mom,' the Failures of Law Enforcement Get Reexamined

In 'Uvalde Mom,' the Failures of Law Enforcement Get Reexamined

Nearly three years have passed since 19 students and two adults were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. It was the deadliest school shooting the United States had seen since Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, which left 26 dead. Today, American children have been made no safer from firearms. And that’s hardly the bleakest truth about gun violence. Anyone impacted by mass shootings—one in 15 people, according to a recent s…

Uvalde Mom SXSW 2025 one hero mom and the gun debate

UVALDE MOM 1 shooter. 77 minutes. 376 officers on sight. 21 lives gone. The Uvalde mass school shooting was one of the deadliest in the world. As gunfire rang out and the police didn’t move, the parents tried to get their children. Under the threat of arrest, one mother jumped the fence and got her kids out. UVALDE MOM is the story of national hero Angeli Rose Gomez and the community still fighting for justice through their grief. Cell phone foo…

Shadow of Sandy Hook Still Looms Large

The mother of a child murdered during one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history visited Rockland to share her story and spread the word on school safety While many in Newtown, Connecticut were having their coffee on the morning of December 12, 2012, one individual was planning to wreak havoc on the community. On that fateful day, a 20-year-old man with a history of mental health issues killed his mother, loaded his car with weapons f…