Here Are the Safest and Least Safe US Cities
Which are the safest and more dangerous cities in the United States? Financial advice website WalletHub, has a list. The company said its survey takes into account 35 factors, including crime, risk of natural disasters, economic vitality and others. The survey ranked 182 cities. Nearly forty percent of Americans say they “fear being a victim […]
What Americans Fear More Than Terrorists
Americans are more afraid of U.S. government corruption than they are of potential terrorist attacks. According to a Chapman University survey, 58 percent of people say they were either afraid or very afraid of corruption on the part of government officials, while 44.4 percent report fearing man-made disasters such as a terrorist attack. Government corruption […]
Map Shows Every US School Shooting Since 2013
There have been at least 150 school shootings in the United States since 2013, an average of nearly one per week, according to the group, Everytown for Gun Safety. The advocacy group created the map below showing the locations of those shootings. To create the map, “school shooting” was defined as, “anytime a firearm is […]
Bang! Vice President Kills Political Foe in Famous US Duel
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness Americans politics can sometimes be a cut-throat business, but modern-day political feuds pale in comparison to the animosity between sitting U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, one […]
Arresting US Mugshots Capture 1890s Life of Crime
From murderers to pickpockets to chicken thieves, the Nebraska State Historical Society‘s collection of more than 26,000 historic mugshots offers a unique and often entertaining insight into late 1890s, turn-of-the-century America. “I stumbled across a whole block of these mugshots and I was just absolutely fascinated by the images and the faces of these people […]