Politics Aug 12 How Trump exaggerates DC crime in taking over its police department and deploying the National Guard By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
Politics Aug 12 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about homicides in DC President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact
Nation Aug 05 Murders dropped nearly 15% last year, FBI data shows The FBI statistics released Tuesday show murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in the U.S. in 2024 fell nearly 15% from a year earlier, continuing a decline that's been seen since a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. By Associated Press
Science Apr 03 What is a 100-year flood? Here’s what forecasters and scientists mean Although math can calculate how often to expect floods of specific magnitudes, nature has its own plans. By Isabella O'Malley, Associated Press
Nation Mar 12 Watch 6:24 As concerns grow around surging violent crime, the numbers tell a different story Several high profile stories have put a spotlight on violent crimes in the U.S., particularly in cities and metro areas. The death of Laken Riley, in particular, took center stage during last week's State of the Union. But while murder… By Stephanie Sy, Shoshana Dubnow
Oct 05 The number of civilians killed by the police has been greatly undercounted in official stats for decades By Moshen Naghavi, Eve Wool, Fablina Sharara, The Conversation Research found that police officers killed more than 30,000 people from 1980 to 2018 – 17,000 more than official federal data suggests. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 8:23 What computer-based models can tell us about coronavirus — and what they can’t By Miles O'Brien For months, scientists and public officials have relied upon computer-based models to try to predict the trajectory or the coronavirus outbreak. But models are not crystal balls, and all of them involve human assumptions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on… Continue watching
Jul 17 Analysis: Why the 2020 census doesn’t need a citizenship question to count the undocumented By Jennifer Van Hook, The Conversation Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you might think. Continue reading
Mar 20 Which came first: society or a fear of god? By Nsikan Akpan Religion is a fundamental feature of humanity, but did our ancestors need it to form complex societies?… Continue reading
Aug 21 Police militarization fails to protect officers and targets black communities, study finds By Nsikan Akpan Police militarization neither reduces rates of violent crime nor changes the number of officers assaulted or killed, a new study finds. It is arguably the nation’s first systematic analysis on the use and consequences of militarized police forces. Continue reading