Tag: Guns
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Nation & World
‘Brotherly-sisterly’ bond keeps Parkland survivors in fight
Jaclyn Corin and David Hogg were exhausted, still somewhat traumatized as first-years, but eventually found their way by different paths.
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Nation & World
Were Jan. 6 attackers extremists? Protesters? Patriots?
How race, gun ownership, and feelings about Black Lives Matter shape Americans’ views of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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Nation & World
Crime, fear, and loathing
In their book “The Truth about Crime,” Harvard Professors Jean and John Comaroff consider how shifts in attitudes toward criminality have contributed to the fear of other people, to racial violence, and to public distrust of government.
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Nation & World
Around the Schools: Harvard School of Public Health
A new firearms research database launched by the Harvard School of Public Health makes scholarly articles about the topic more accessible to reporters, law enforcement agents, public health officials, policymakers, and the public.
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Nation & World
HSPH study shows guns in homes linked to higher rates of suicide
In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state-level rates of suicide in the United States, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that suicide rates among children, women, and men of all ages are higher in states where more households have…