For all of our understandable angst, let’s chart the good change since the Bicentennial.
life expectancy
Posted inPolitical Animal
When Politics is a Matter of Life and Death
Over-prescription of opioids and the availability of guns are contributing to a reduction of life expectancy.
Posted inMagazine
Is Inequality Shortening Your Life Span?
White, black, or brown, we’d all live longer in a more equal, less status-driven society.
Posted inJanuary/February 2013, Magazine
To Live Longer, Move to a New Zip Code
Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign emphasizes the importance of physical activity for combating obesity, a point she has driven home by dancing alongside school kids to Beyoncé’s workout video. But another kind of movement may also be important to your chances of living to a ripe old age: moving to a new zip code. Between […]
