Why Nothing Gets Done — America's Culture of Violence and the Ghosts of Red Summer

by TNS contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell

Image from the racial violence of 1919 throughout the United States known as ‘Red Summer’; Image via History.com

On May 24, 2022, 21 people were murdered at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Of the 21 dead, two were teachers and 19 were elementary school students. They were barely out of being toddlers. This follows on the heels of the recent mass…