After Newtown
PBS brings together its news and public affairs teams from across the country to analyze and illuminate the issues surrounding the Newtown, Connecticut, school tragedy. The questions of how to respond face us all: government at all levels, educators, mental health professionals, the media, and individual Americans.
Vibes:
The Path to Violence
Psychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to prevent violent attacks. The Path to Violence details a powerfully effective Secret Service program - the Safe School Initiative - that's helped schools detect problem behavior. But what about former students, who have already left school?
Psychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to prevent violent attacks. The Path to Violence details a powerfully effective Secret Service program - the Safe School Initiative - that's helped schools detect problem behavior. But what about former students, who have already left school?
After Newtown: Guns in America
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred
After Newtown
Anchored by Gwen Ifill, the PBS Special addresses such issues as access to guns and the politics of gun laws; mental illness in young adults; the science of detecting violent impulses; and how communities react to unspeakable tragedy. The program features contributions from PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, Washington Week, Need to
Anchored by Gwen Ifill, the PBS Special addresses such issues as access to guns and the politics of gun laws; mental illness in young adults; the science of detecting violent impulses; and how communities react to unspeakable tragedy. The program features contributions from PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, Washington Week, Need to
What Next After Newtown
From WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the coverage of the Newtown shootings: looking for long-term solutions and answers to the tragedy. Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon host.
From WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the coverage of the Newtown shootings: looking for long-term solutions and answers to the tragedy. Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon host.
The Path to Violence
Psychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to prevent violent attacks. The Path to Violence details a powerfully effective Secret Service program - the Safe School Initiative - that's helped schools detect problem behavior. But what about former students, who have already left school?
Psychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to prevent violent attacks. The Path to Violence details a powerfully effective Secret Service program - the Safe School Initiative - that's helped schools detect problem behavior. But what about former students, who have already left school?
After Newtown: Guns in America
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred
After Newtown
Anchored by Gwen Ifill, the PBS Special addresses such issues as access to guns and the politics of gun laws; mental illness in young adults; the science of detecting violent impulses; and how communities react to unspeakable tragedy. The program features contributions from PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, Washington Week, Need to
Anchored by Gwen Ifill, the PBS Special addresses such issues as access to guns and the politics of gun laws; mental illness in young adults; the science of detecting violent impulses; and how communities react to unspeakable tragedy. The program features contributions from PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, Washington Week, Need to
What Next After Newtown
From WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the coverage of the Newtown shootings: looking for long-term solutions and answers to the tragedy. Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon host.
From WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the coverage of the Newtown shootings: looking for long-term solutions and answers to the tragedy. Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon host.
What Next: Violence in the Media
Is there a consensus about violent media and violent behavior? How should parents respond to what their children see? An in-depth analysis on the culture of violence in the media.
Is there a consensus about violent media and violent behavior? How should parents respond to what their children see? An in-depth analysis on the culture of violence in the media.
Frontline: Kip Kinkel
From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook, school shootings seem to follow an eerily similar pattern. Kip Kinkel did not kill himself and was not killed by the police. Frontline brings us his confession. It is a rare record of what one school shooter claims was his motivation --
From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook, school shootings seem to follow an eerily similar pattern. Kip Kinkel did not kill himself and was not killed by the police. Frontline brings us his confession. It is a rare record of what one school shooter claims was his motivation --
What Next: Guns
An in-depth look at the nation's gun policies and the accessibility of weapons. Why gun owners say gun control is not an answer and a conversation with political leaders who say the Newtown shooting may be a tipping point in the argument over the Second Amendment.
An in-depth look at the nation's gun policies and the accessibility of weapons. Why gun owners say gun control is not an answer and a conversation with political leaders who say the Newtown shooting may be a tipping point in the argument over the Second Amendment.
What Next: Mind of a Killer
Expanding on the discussions brought forth from the PBS special After Newtown, What Next After Newtown takes a deeper look into teen mental health and the mind of a troubled shooter.
Expanding on the discussions brought forth from the PBS special After Newtown, What Next After Newtown takes a deeper look into teen mental health and the mind of a troubled shooter.
Washington Week Roundtable: After Newtown
Gwen Ifill sits down with Washington Week regulars to look at how Washington reacted to this crisis and others in the past. Peter Baker of the New York Times, Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair and Alexis Simendinger of RealClearPolitics discuss what may be different this time, for this President and
Gwen Ifill sits down with Washington Week regulars to look at how Washington reacted to this crisis and others in the past. Peter Baker of the New York Times, Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair and Alexis Simendinger of RealClearPolitics discuss what may be different this time, for this President and