Nina Vinik

Children place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, on Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting at the school. (Joe Kline/AP)

Nina Vinik: Most school shootings start with a gun brought into the home by an adult

October 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

If we want safer schools and communities, we have to start with understanding the beliefs that drive Americans’ decisions with guns.

Chicago police detectives talk while investigating at the scene where three teenagers were shot in the 400 block of South Laramie Avenue on Aug. 26, 2022.

Nina Vinik: How we can leverage the culture and power of teens to reduce gun violence in Chicago

September 6, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

As students head back to school, safety is top of mind. After yet another Chicago summer marred by gun violence, students, their families and school staff are all bracing for...

A woman kneels in front of a makeshift memorial at Gold Spa in Atlanta on March 18, 2021.

Op-ed: The path to solving gun violence? Science.

April 1, 2021 at 6:24 p.m.

Let's not surrender to pessimism about the political standoff over addressing our country's gun violence epidemic. There is still something our political leaders agree on when it comes to gun...

Guns in schools

August 22, 2021 at 4:06 p.m.

I am the parent of three children who attend Kingsley School in Evanston, the site of a recent incident in which a 7-year-old discovered a loaded handgun in a school...

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