War Room: The teenage strategy sessions that built an anti-gun movement out of the trauma of Parkland in one week. In the moment, the kids looked to their phones for comfort. Sam Zeif, 18, was in Algebra 2, in the freshman building on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, when … [Read More...]
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Lisa Discusses the New York 50th Anniversary on NY1
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