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Mass Violence in American History
School shootings, historical bombings, public massacres: 14 articles tracking 100 years of American mass violence — the warning signs that were seen, the systems that failed, and what followed.
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Public Mass Shootings: America's Unique Epidemic
From Charles Whitman in 1966 to Pulse in 2016: five events across 50 years that document America's epidemic of public mass violence and why the data points to one consistent variable.
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The Pulse Nightclub Shooting: Terror at Last Call
Omar Mateen killed 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016 — during Latin Night at a gay club. The FBI had investigated him twice before the attack.
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The Las Vegas Shooting: 58 Dead From a Hotel Window
On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock killed 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest festival from his Mandalay Bay hotel suite. The FBI investigated for years and found no clear motive.
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Going Postal: When the Workplace Became a War Zone
Between 1983 and 1993, postal workers killed 34 colleagues in a decade of workplace attacks. A federal investigation found the Postal Service's management culture had made it inevitable.
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The San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre
James Huberty killed 21 people — including 9 children — at a San Diego McDonald's on July 18, 1984. He called a mental health crisis line that morning. They never called back.
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Charles Whitman and the Texas Tower: America's First Mass Shooting
On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman killed 14 people from the UT Austin tower in 96 minutes — and a brain tumor found at autopsy changed the debate about mass violence forever.
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It Didn't Start With Columbine: Historical Mass Violence
The 1920 Wall Street bombing killed 38 and was never solved. The 1927 Bath School Disaster killed 36 children. Both predate modern mass violence discourse and complicate every argument about it.
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The Wall Street Bombing of 1920: Terrorism Before the Word Existed
At noon on September 16, 1920, a horse-drawn wagon exploded at 23 Wall Street and killed 38 people. No one was arrested. The case has never been solved.
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The Bath School Disaster: America's Deadliest School Attack Was in 1927
Andrew Kehoe killed 36 children and 2 teachers in Bath Township Michigan on May 18, 1927 — with explosives, no firearms. It remains the deadliest school attack in American history.
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School Shootings in America
From Columbine to Parkland: the five events and the data that define American school shootings. Each shooting exposed institutional failures that were legible before the attack.
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School Shootings: What the Data Actually Shows
School shootings have tripled in frequency since 2011. The data on definitions, trends, shooter profiles, and what $5 billion in school security actually accomplished.