gun control reform

Will America respond to the latest mass shootings?In today’s Congressional Corner, Democrat Pat Ryan of New York’s 18th district continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded July 6.

On December 14, 2012, a gunman killed twenty first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Ten years later, New York Times feature writer Elizabeth Williamson’s "Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth" (Dutton) investigates the aftermath, when a group of Sandy Hook families confronted a frenzy of online denial and conspiracy, in a portent of the struggle over truth and facts that today threatens American democracy. Elizabeth Williamson is a feature writer for the New York Times. She joined the Times as a member of the editorial board, writing about national politics during the 2016 presidential campaign. Previously, Williamson was a writer for the Wall Street Journal, covering national politics and the White House, and a national reporter at the Washington Post.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are: WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Times Union Associate Editor…