USDR Newsstand: What We are Reading
By Kelly Leung, Associate Editor, USDR.
Our periodical feature of what our editors, contributors, and readers are recommending.
FBI report: Violent crime down in U.S– The FBI says crime rates, including murder, were down last year Source:cnn.com
Deaths from gun violence vs. deaths from terrorism– During his speech on the recent school shooting in Oregon, President Obama challenged us to compare deaths from terrorism and gun violence. This writer created a chart. Source: vox.com
The Cult of Victims– Changing views on victim-hood in the U.S. have been slowly changing the nation. Source: reason.com
Taking a pounding– Could America learn something important from Britain’s pound sterling decline as a reserve currency? Source: economist.com
Twitter has a 136-page handbook for politicians and it’s hilarious– Twitter’s humorous politician’s handbook is analyzed in this article. Source: npr.com
Amazon to stop selling Apple TV and Chromecast– Amazon will soon stop selling some of it’s competitors’, Apple and Google, most successful products. Source: nytimes.com