Columbine

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"It's like when 9/11 happened"
With the Virginia Tech shooter's identity revealed, some Koreans, fearing a backlash, are fleeing the campus.
Guns don't kill people, abortions kill people
CBS's "freeSpeech" takes a cheap shot.
The myth of media violence
Contrary to the moralistic claims of Hillary Clinton and others, bloody video games and movies are not a major cause of crime. But they are a powerful drug we don't understand.
America's new assault weapons bazaar?
The NRA aims to blow away the federal assault weapons ban -- while the Bush White House ducks for cover.
Guns 'R' Us
Thanks to President Bush and GOP lawmakers, there are plenty of bullets flying on the home front, too!
Columbine, five years later
The kids who survived the worst school massacre in U.S. history have graduated, and some of them have even forgiven. But many of their parents have not.
"Elephant"
Gus Van Sant's vapid high-school-shooting film is part Columbine art project, part exploitation flick.
The mystery cure
A simple approach to treating trauma has had spectacular results in the wake of tragedies in Oklahoma, Bosnia and Littleton. Will EMDR help in New York?
If a child is a killer, are the parents to blame?
Psychologist and author James Garbarino says the responsibility for teen violence must be shared.
The failure of zero tolerance
A nationwide crackdown on students has resulted in outrageous punishments that disproportionately affect minorities.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Monday, April 2, 2001
Making sense of the shooting at Santana High
Readers respond to Salon's coverage of the latest high school tragedy.
Been there, done that
The Santana High School shooting was terrifying. The students' response was chilling.
Deadly ambivalence
Schools need to teach our kids how much they matter. If they don't, we will see Santana and Columbine copycat shootings again and again.
Is there anything left to say?
Guns, neglect, bullying, the role of race: If you feel like you've heard this all before, it's because you have.
A game called suicide
Teacher and author Jane Katch talks about the value -- and necessity -- of violent play.
New clues in Columbine killings
Thousands of new documents released in the case debunk persistent myths about the motives of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Ballot boxing
Voters duke it out over guns, gays, pot and euthanasia at the polls.
Whose crisis is this, anyway?
Teens are getting the blame for their parents' failures.
Unexpected healing at Columbine High
The school unveils its new atrium, built to replace the library where so many died, and the victims' families find some peace.
Columbine High School shootings report
Order information for the Jefferson County Sheriff's report on the Columbine High School shootings.
The Million Mom March: What a crock!
National policy shouldn't be set by packs of weeping white women led by Rosie O'Donnell.
Columbine's unanswered questions
The father of one of the students killed at Columbine blasts the sheriff's department's new report on the incident.
A reader's guide to the Columbine report
We point you to the highlights in a true-crime chronology of the high school killing spree
The Columbine Report
Uncut text, video and audio from the year-long investigation into the tragedy.
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