Reader's Digest •

Gun Violence Statistics in the United States: 12 Charts You Need to See

Defined most commonly as any shooting in which four or more people—not including the perpetrator—are injured or killed, mass shootings happen every day in America, and sometimes more often. In 2019, there were 417 such assaults. In 2020, there were 610—nearly two mass shootings per day—killing 513 people and injuring 2,543. But mass shootings represent a tiny fragment of the problem. Nearly 20,000 people were murdered by guns last year, and another 40,000 injured.
AAA Colorado •

A Love Affair with America’s Bookstores

They say some people get more pleasure out of planning a vacation than they do from the trip itself. That’s me with bookstores. I love imagining my next visit, whether it’s to a literary legend like The Strand, operating in New York City for nearly 100 years, and housing some 2.5 million books, or even to a local favorite like Denver’s Tattered Cover. The list of bookstores I have loved—and those I hope to visit—continues to grow, rivaling the toppling tower of tomes on my nightstand.
University of Denver Magazine •

Anthropology professor's research uncovers black history in Colorado

Colorado’s history is rife with imagery of rugged bravado: Zebulon Pike’s daring mountaineering expedition, the fortunes won and lost during the Gold Rush, the cowboy herding cattle across the plains. But — perhaps because of Hollywood’s influence — almost all the Western heroes are white. M. Dores Cruz, an assistant professor of anthropology at DU, wants to help people understand that people of different backgrounds and origins were part of the history of the West.
University of Denver Magazine •

Alumnus Max Goldberg keeps the art of classic cocktails alive in Nashville

If you were a kid in the late 1800s and early 1900s, you lived in a heady time: Coca-Cola, cotton candy, Life Savers and Popsicles all were invented during that era. But adults, arguably, had it even better. Until Prohibition, “Americans were the best cocktail makers in the world. People from all over the world came to America to learn how to make cocktails,” says Max Goldberg (BSBA ’05), who co-owns the Patterson House — a pre-Prohibition-style cocktail bar in Nashville — with his brother Benjamin.
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