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.
ALL VIDEOS (23)
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S1 E4: The Path to ViolencePsychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to ...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 ... -
S1 E4: The Path to Violence - PreviewPsychologists, working with law enforcement officers, have devised tools to ...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 ... -
S1 E3: After Newtown: Guns in AmericaExplore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European ...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 ... -
S1 E3: After Newtown: Guns in America - PreviewFrom the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice and ...From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice and from the Civil War to civil rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative. "After Newtown: Guns In America" ... -
S1 E2: What Next After NewtownFrom WNET-Thirteen in New York, a Public Television special event continuing the ...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 ... -
What Next: GunsAn in-depth look at the nation's gun policies and the accessibility of weapons. ...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 ... -
What Next: Violence in the MediaIs there a consensus about violent media and violent behavior? How should ...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. -
What Next: Talking with KidsWhat we say and how we say it: talking to children and finding a path to healing ...What we say and how we say it: talking to children and finding a path to healing after the Newtown shooting tragedy. -
What Next: School Security and Teacher TrainingCan schools be protected? Should they have armed guards? National experts ...Can schools be protected? Should they have armed guards? National experts discuss school security and teacher training in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. -
What Next: Public PolicyAn in-depth analysis on public policy and mental illness in young adults: what's ...An in-depth analysis on public policy and mental illness in young adults: what's being done and what's not. -
What Next: Mind of a KillerExpanding on the discussions brought forth from the PBS special After Newtown, ...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. -
S1 E2: Preview: What Next After NewtownPBS Continues its coverage of the Newtown shootings with hosts Jeff Greenfield, ...PBS Continues its coverage of the Newtown shootings with hosts Jeff Greenfield, Maria Hinojosa, Susie Gharib and Scott Simon. Looking for long-term solutions, the show provides an in-depth analysis of ... -
Need to Know: Gun Rights, Part IILarry Pratt, the head of Gun Owners of America wrote in USA Today that gun ...Larry Pratt, the head of Gun Owners of America wrote in USA Today that gun control advocates have “blood on the[eir] hands” for the Connecticut school massacre. Pratt believes that the solution ... -
Need to Know: Gun Rights, Part IOver the last few years, dozens of states have significantly rolled back gun ...Over the last few years, dozens of states have significantly rolled back gun restrictions. Need to Know’s John Larson traveled to Virginia to see what’s known as the “open carry” movement ... -
Hari Sreenivasan on Media and Social MediaNewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan reports on the insights Newtown offers into the ...NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan reports on the insights Newtown offers into the strengths and weaknesses of old media and new media alike. -
Interview: Secretary of Education Arne DuncanGwen Ifill talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about preventing more ...Gwen Ifill talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about preventing more school shootings, the debate over arming teachers, how to counsel children in the wake of tragedy, and what the ... -
NOVA: Neuroscience of ViolenceWhile there is some evidence linking violence in general to risk factors such as ...While there is some evidence linking violence in general to risk factors such as age, sex, substance abuse, and personality traits such as anger and impulsiveness, over many years, researchers have ... -
Washington Week Roundtable: After NewtownGwen Ifill sits down with Washington Week regulars to look at how Washington ...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 ... -
Jeff Greenfield on the lessons of tragedyNeed to Know’s Jeff Greenfield notes that politicizing tragic events may ...Need to Know’s Jeff Greenfield notes that politicizing tragic events may actually be a good thing. -
Frontline: Kip KinkelFrom Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook, school shootings seem to follow ...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 ... -
S1 E1: After NewtownAnchored by Gwen Ifill, the PBS Special addresses such issues as access to guns ...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 ...
