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Morning and tell us why what prompted you to investigate and write the story. Guest thank you for having me. That thered it was is a suicide epidemic across all graphics. That was something all demographics. That was something my editor and i talked about and the more we dug into it, the worst of it was among middleaged men. As someone who is a member of the demographic, i became intrigued and fascinated about why this was and just kind of started to investigate it from there. Host lets give our viewers and listeners a snapshot from your extensive piece, men in the United States average 22 suicides for 100,000 people. 45 to 64, uped to 30. 1 in 2017. The states with the highest rates are montana with 28. 9 per 100,000. Alaska, 27 . 9 which is all doubled the national rate. New mexico, idaho, and utah round out the top six states. What do you think is causing the geographic centrality of the state and these high suicide rates. Guest all of the states and even alaska which he really did
Epidemic fueled by guns, poverty and isolation has swept across the west with middle age men dying in record numbers. Thank you for being here this morning. Tell us what prompted you to investigate and write the story. Guest thank you for having me. There is ad it was suicide epidemic across all demographics. That is something my editor and i talked about and the more we dug into it we realized the worst of it was among middleage men and as someone who is a member of the demographic, i became intrigued and fascinated about why this was an just started investigating it from there. Host lets give our viewers a snapshot from your extensive piece of Rolling Stone. Men in the u. S. Average 22 suicides per 100,000 people with those ages of 4564 representing the Fastest Growing group. Per are up from 20. 8 100,000 and 19 eddie nine to 30. 1 and 2017. The states with the highest rates are montana and alaska, all roughly double the national rate. And idaho are also in the top six. What is causi
A Historic House majority, leader Mitch Mcconnell faced a choice. In a newly divided government he could have chosen to work with the democrats to advance legislation where interests align. No one expected him to pass a democratic agenda but congress should be in the business of finding common ground. Seven months into this congress we all know that leader mcconnell unfortunately chose a different path. Leader mcconnell has turned what used to be the worlds greatest into a legislative graveyard. To our getomplement nothing done president. From gun safety to climate change, republicans just say no despite the overwhelming consensus of the American People on these issues. Controversial,st least partisan issues, violence against women, Election Security , protective security for venezuelan nationals, leader mcconnell said it has been a big, black hole. There has not been a single bill open for amendment all year. Not one bill. In the minority, leader mcconnell complained bitterly about th
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