This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 7,000 children committed suicide with guns from 1999 to 2014, and thousands of people are killed every year with misappropriated guns. How many lives might be saved if guns…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public and research support gun control. Here’s how it could help — and why it doesn’t pass. 1) America’s gun problem is completely unique No other developed country in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What we need most of all isn’t mourning, but action to lower the toll of guns in America. Since 1970, more Americans have died from guns (including suicides, murders and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gun violence affects society in many ways, including higher medical costs, reductions in quality of life because of fear of gun violence and stresses on the criminal justice system. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Las Vegas Police Department said people who want to donate blood to help victims of the shooting can go to the local Labor Health & Welfare clinic, located at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 400 people are wounded after a late-night shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement saying that residents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we engage on reducing gun violence? Groundbreaking research by Benenson Strategy Group (BSG) and Lester and Associates lays out a series of proposed policy solutions for gun violence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to Sienna Baskin, director of the Anti-Trafficking Fund at Neo Philanthropy in New York, human trafficking happens in diverse settings—from cities in the U.S. to small villages around the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The connection between domestic violence and investment risk is becoming clearer. The International Finance Corporation’s recent report, “Investing in Women: New Evidence for the Business Case,” highlights the relationship between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the United States, violence and mass incarceration are deeply entwined, though evidence shows that both can decrease at the same time. A new vision is needed to meaningfully address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1991 Nobel economist Milton Friedman (pictured above giving a talk at AEI, exact year unknown) was interviewed by Emmy Award-winning drug reporter Randy Paige on “America’s Drug Forum,” a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the minds of many, the South Side of Chicago has descended into a type of madness. While crime doesn’t define the vibrant, inspiring city, violence clings to certain South Side streets…