LUBBOCK, Texas (PNN) - May 30, 2018 - After a gunman opened fire on students in Parkland, Florida, the phones started ringing at the Texas Home School Coalition, and they haven’t stopped yet.

The Lubbock-based organization has been swamped with inquiries for months from parents seeking safer options for their children in the aftermath of this year’s deadly school massacres, first in Parkland and then in Santa Fe, Texas.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (PNN) - May 25, 2018 - A man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant at the dinner hour and opened fire on the crowd, leaving at least four people wounded.

Thankfully, a good guy with a gun was on the scene, and only the shooter was left dead.

By Patrick J. Buchanan

May 23, 2018 - That joking retort we heard as children, “Is the pope Catholic?” is starting to look like a serious question.

Asked five years ago about a “(homosexual) lobby” in the Vatican, Pope Francis responded, “If a person is (homosexual) and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?”

As judgment was thought to be part of the papal job description, traditional Catholics were startled at what the new pope had volunteered.

Now the Holy Father has apparently fleshed out what he meant.

Meet Oscar Carrion, a self-taught electrician who’s putting his life on the line to restore power in his community. After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, millions of Amerikans were without power for months, so one resident took matters into his own hands. The Puerto Rican blackout after Hurricane Maria has been the worst in Fascist Police States of Amerika history. FRONTLINE and NPR investigate why the island was left in the dark.