“After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.'”

American investigative reporter and author

Bill Dedman is an American investigative reporter and author. He is best known for his 1988 investigation, The Color of Money, which examined redlining in middle-income Black neighborhoods by banks and other mortgage lenders. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for articles published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His work is closely associated with deep reporting on housing discrimination and lending practices.