The United States Department of Defense submitted an $824 billion budget request for fiscal 2024, $8 billion more than its budget in fiscal 2023. The United States spends more on defense than any other…
Geographic mobility is at a historic low in the United States. Only 8.7% of the population moved to a new home in 2022, the second smallest share since record keeping began in 1948, and…
Spanning nearly 3.8 million square miles and home to over 335 million people, the United States is the third largest country in the world by both landmass and population. And while the standard of…
Guns and ammunition are a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States. According to government data, gunmakers produced over 13.3 million firearms domestically in 2022. In addition to guns manufactured within the U.S., millions…
There are over 130,000 men and women employed as federal law enforcement officers. And for many of them, carrying a firearm is a daily requirement. While these individuals receive extensive training in the safe-handling…
For decades, across the United States, police departments have become increasingly militarized. The U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act in the 1990s to provide American law enforcement with more resources to combat…
Deer are the most sought after game in the United States by a wide margin. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, over 8 million Americans hunt deer annually, more than four times…
Income inequality in the U.S. has been creeping upwards for decades. Over the 40 years between 1980 and 2019, income inequality – a measure of the uneven dispersion of wealth across a population –…
The number of Americans working from home surged during the pandemic. Many of those who still work remotely are likely reluctant to return to the office, if for no other reason that eliminating the…
At least 27 million Americans have relocated each year since the government began record keeping in 1948. The reasons any one person or family may decide to move are often personal. These include being…
Gun sales in the United States have hit record-highs in recent years – and the increase appears to be driven, at least in part, by concerns over personal safety. According to an October 2021…
Though the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. But exactly how far those rights extend – and to whom – has become one of the most polarizing political issues in the…
Police in the United States have a dangerous job. For many Americans working in law enforcement, duties often include conducting traffic stops, patrolling high-crime areas, and arresting suspects – tasks that are inherently risky…
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 left 3,400 people dead, from the Pentagon and the World Trade Center to a field outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The events of that day also spawned a…
Pistols have outsold rifles in the United States nearly every year since 2010, according to government data. But while handguns are now the most popular firearm type among American gun owners, for many of…
Democratic societies have thrived since the end of World War II, benefitting from relative peace, security, and economic prosperity. Though, as one of the world’s largest democracies, the U.S. faces a unique set of…
The United States government employs thousands of American men and women across multiple law enforcement and espionage agencies. While the specific duties of these federal employees vary, both across and within agencies, at the…
American military reliance on cavalry peaked during the Civil War. There were more than 1 million cavalry troops between Union and Confederate forces, accounting for nearly one-in-every-five enlisted soldiers. And over the course of…
The AR-15 is the best selling rifle in the United States. According to reporting from the Washington Post, there are an estimated 20 million civilian-owned AR-15 style rifles in the U.S., and most of…
The United States has some of the least restrictive gun control laws among similarly wealthy and highly-developed countries. And while state governments also have the authority to regulate firearms, much of the country has…
