New In Focus now available on Extreme Heat. From Ready.gov: Extreme Heat often results in the highest number of annual deaths among all weather-related hazards. In most of the United States, extreme heat is defined as a long period (2 to 3 days) of high heat and humidity with temperatures above...
As climate change continues to increase global temperatures, heatwaves have become a public health crisis.
As summer gets underway, the Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report titled, Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days. The analysis focuses on the effects of rising temperatures in the United States, and the potential dangers of staying on our...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a new report, “The DHS Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2020-2024“. In an era of threat landscape which is both complex and constantly evolving, DHS is responsible for leading homeland security initiatives. According to Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of DHS, “The Department’s...
The Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released a report, Mass Attacks in Public Spaces – 2018 (MAPS-2018), identifying key information related to mass attacks and their perpetrators. This year’s study expands upon the findings published in NTAC’s previos report, Mass Attacks in Public Spaces – 2017 (MAPS-2017). This...
New In Focus now available on Violence Against Indigenous Persons. From the Association on American Indian Affairs: Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples. The focus has been on Indigenous women and girls, but these issues also affect indigenous men and boys. These...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has released the 2019 edition of the “Global Study on Homicide”. The report is published in an effort to increase and improve the understanding of homicide, known as the “ultimate crime” and provide accurate and categorized data. The major data headline from...
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has released a comprehensive eight-year overview of global explosive violence. The report consists of data collected from 2011 to 2018, including numbers of both armed and civilian casualties, location of explosions, as well as the strike methods. According to the report, the overall number of...
In a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice, the current state of federal law enforcement’s response to far-right violence is examined. From the Center’s perspective, the labeling of violence as a hate crime or violent crime, even though such an incident may perfectly fit the statutory definition of...
The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released the staff report Federal Cybersecurity: America’s Data at Risk. This report details the level of risk of cybersecurity attack in federal agencies, the extent to which these agencies are or are not prepared...
