Last week, the Pew Research Center reported that the murder rate was cut nearly in half from 7 per 100,000 in 1993 to 3.6 per 100,000 in 2013. Over the same period, overall gun deaths (including accidents and suicides) have fallen by one-third from 15.2 to 10.6 per 100,000.
Continue reading… “Murder rate in U.S. cut in half over past 20 years while gun ownership increases”
Raymond Alvarez: The quickly rising numbers graphically displayed on a Los Angeles Times web page are telling. Mexico’s drug war story is darkened by numbers, staggering numbers. There were 7,337 drug-related deaths in 2008, the Times reports. The death toll from terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year approaches the average weekly body count in Juarez, which is just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
Continue reading… “Mexico on the Brink of Chaos”
Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health?
Continue reading… “Does an Economic Downturn Affect Your Health?”
