As Shannon Watts began to speak Thursday night about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, her voice cracked and her eyes filled with tears. The Indiana woman described how furious she was to hear...

To say that my time at Northwestern was perfect would be a lie. To even say that it was 90 percent positive would be a lie. But I think we learn more from the truth, which is that the reason I am here...

In the wake of a series of mass shootings like the one that took place in Newtown, Conn., in December, the topic of gun rights and gun control has been one of 2013’s most pressing issues. With the recent...

Forgive me if this column is a bit disorganized. I didn’t sleep much before I wrote it. The news coming out of Massachusetts late Thursday night and early Friday morning was at once riveting and heartbreaking,...