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August 6, 2018

Iceland Has Been the Safest Country in the World for over a Decade

If you’re tired of all the dangers that come along with living in, well, a lot of countries around the globe, you might want to consider moving to Iceland.

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For the 11th year in a row, Iceland has been named the safest country in the world by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The Australian think-tank studies the crime rates, corruption, government functioning, terrorist attacks, and military expenditures of 163 countries around the globe to determine their findings. You can explore the results in more detail HERE.

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And if you’re an American, you might be surprised to learn that the U.S. didn’t even rank in the top 100 countries for safety. We’re sitting (not very) pretty at 121st.

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May 14, 2018

These 8 Tweets Sum up the Link Between Toxic Masculinity and Gun Violence

There are a lot of opinions out there when it comes to gun violence, ownership, and mass casualty events in the United States. And while some of them focus on the guns themselves or access to mental health, comedian Michael Ian Black thinks we should be looking toward a different culprit – a culture of toxic masculinity that is robbing boys and young men of the opportunity to develop healthy outlooks on the world around them.

He explains why in this series of 8 poignant tweets: